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 ...

On this week’s special episode of UnPolitics, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami addressed accusations of pushing a hardcore Hindutva agenda, his government's controversial legislative ...

The Uttarakhand Cabinet approved amendments to facilitate online marriage registration for Nepalese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan ...

Uttarakhand will be implementing the Uniform Civil Code on Monday, making it the first state in independent India to put into ...

Christian and Muslim leaders have disapproved of the passing of a polarising and contentious uniform civil code by a pro-Hindu government in a northern Indian state. The Uniform Civil Code Bill was ...

NEW DELHI — Want to move in with your boyfriend or girlfriend? If you are in India’s Uttarakhand state, you’ll have to register your relationship with the authorities according to a new law — or face ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI, May 12 (Reuters) - Authorities in an Indian state want to ban polygamy as part of a bid by the Hindu-nationalist central government to standardise the civil code across the country.

The rules of the UCC, passed by Uttarakhand Assembly in February 2024, came into effect in January this year. While Scheduled ...

When the state enters people’s private lives, it sets the stage for debate and discord. In February, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill, marking the first legislation in an ...