The Diplomat

The Uniform Civil Code Bill in India: What’s at Stake?

Members of Jamiat Ulama-i-Maharashtra listen to the speech of their leader during protest gathering against a uniform civil code law in India, in Mumbai, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Credit: AP ...
The Diplomat

India’s Assam State to Introduce Uniform Civil Code

The Assam government has firmed up plans for enacting a uniform civil code (UCC). Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently announced that the state cabinet had discussed the uniform civil code and ...
Reuters

Explainer: What is India's civil code and why does it anger Muslims?

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Uttarakhand, a small northern Indian state governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, passed a bill to replace religion-specific civil laws with a ...
Yahoo

India’s Modi sparks political storm with pitch for common civil code

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A Muslim man reads the Koran as he sits in front of a billboard featuring India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a ...
Press Trust of India on MSN

MP panel on uniform civil code getting 'positive suggestions' from Muslim community: CM

Indore, Jun 19 (PTI) The high-level committee formed to submit recommendations regarding the implementation of a Uniform ...

"Where Is Uniformity?" Assam Islamic Body Opposes Uniform Civil Code Bill

Rafiqul Islam, former All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA and treasurer of Assam State Jamiat Ulama, said the bill ...
East Asia Forum

Reigniting ‘debate’ on India’s Uniform Civil Code

The idea of introducing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, replacing religious and customary laws regarding marriage, divorce and inheritance, is sparking debate with proponents advocating for ...
Reuters

Small Indian state passes landmark civil code opposed by Muslims

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in a small Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday approved landmark legislation to ...
Hosted on MSN

SC flags need for uniform civil code

India, March 11 -- The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday observed that the time may have come for a Uniform Civil Code while hearing a plea challenging provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) ...
Barron's

Indian State Implements Contentious Common Civil Code

An Indian state announced Monday it had begun implementing a common civil code to replace religious laws, stoking fear among minority Muslims of a looming nationwide rollout by the Hindu-nationalist ...

Assam Assembly passes Uniform Civil Code by voice vote with ban on polygamy; Check new rules on live-in, marriage, divorce

The Assam Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill on Wednesday, becoming the third state to do so after Uttarakhand and Gujarat. Meanwhile, the opposition demanded that the bill be sent to a ...
Jurist

India Uttarakhand becomes first state to implement Uniform Civil Code

Uttarakhand became the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on Monday. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the UCC alongside an official online portal, marking a ...