The push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, exemplified by Uttarakhand's enactment, is framed as secular progress.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami encourages the youth to confront misinformation surrounding the state's ...

The truth however, is that very few really understand or rather, care to understand what a uniform civil code encompasses. There are two examples already available within the country -- Goa and ...

Enforcement Of The Uniform Civil Code Will Accelerate The Dream Of Equality Among Women Irrespective Of Their Caste And Religion: Karnataka HC It is definitely entirely in the fitness of things that ...

The Apex Court also emphasised the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in 1985 to maintain national unity and recommended a single law for all citizens in 1995. In 2019, the Modi Government ...

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The committee appointed to prepare Gujarat’s draft Uniform Civil Code directed the state’s legal department on Monday to act on a complaint filed by a civil society group about “consent ...

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But what's catching everyone's attention is the clear indication that the government is now moving towards the long-debated Uniform Civil Code — a move which is considered to be one of the ...

Such has been the intensity of dialogues surrounding the idea of a “uniform civil code” that one may be well advised to refrain from commenting in its favour, lest they be labelled “communal’.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was honored by the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Mahamanch at a program held in Haridwar for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand. This event was ...