Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. Last week, on 9 th ...

On Uniform Civil Code, Former Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, said, “The Constitution expresses the desirability of a Uniform Civil Code. I said that it is important for us, at least 75 years ...

The Uniform Civil Code is a proposal to bring a single, unified law that governs all Indian citizens in matters of personal law—such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption.

The Indian State of Uttarakhand passed the first-of-its-kind Uniform Civil Code Wednesday, which imposes common rules for all communities on marriage, divorce, inheritances, land, property and live-in ...

For many years now, Anil Jonko's life follows a simple routine. He starts his day by offering prayers at his parents' grave in Chaibasa, a small village in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand ...

One of the most notable shifts in the amendment bill is the extension of critical procedural time limits with an aim to reduce procedural bottlenecks and ensure smoother law enforcement ...

In a land where the most simple of marriage laws — that the bride must be 18 years of age — is defied by tens of millions every year, the uncommon hurry to enact a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for 1.30 ...

In a landmark move that has sent ripples through India 's complex social and legal landscape, Uttarakhand has become the first state to implement a common civil code since independence, marking a ...

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The Law Commission, a government-appointed advisory body, has sought public opinion by Friday on creating a Uniform Civil Code (UCC). It had received more than 5 million responses online on the ...

The rules for unmarried cohabiting partners, called “live-in couples” in India, are part of the controversial new Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand, which had been a long-standing campaign ...

If the member or anybody else brings forward a Civil Code Bill, it will have my extreme sympathy. But I confess I do not think that at the present moment time is ripe in India for me to try to ...