The Indian government has initiated the process to establish a uniform personal code replacing religion-based family law, but religious leaders including Christians are reticent. The Law Commission of ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nine months before a general election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have dusted off a potentially divisive plan to ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday he wanted to press ahead with a national common civil code of law, a proposal bitterly opposed by Muslim activists as an attack on their faith.

The BJP launched its manifesto, wading into a polarising debate by reaffirming its stand on a uniform civil code which would standardise laws for personal matters ...

After Uttarakhand promulgated a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a few other BJP-ruled states followed suit. Gujarat has set up a committee to draft its code, which held its first sitting on Tuesday. Uttar ...

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), the biggest political outfit of Muslims, said it would respond negatively to the Uniform Civil Code. Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul ...

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 ...

India's ruling party on Sunday pledged to introduce a new common civil code for the country, calling it a crucial step for gender equality, a week before a general election in the world's most ...