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 ...

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 ...

India, July 4 -- The Telangana High Court has corrected gender-based inequality rooted in religious personal laws - an inequality that contradicts Article 15 of the Indian Constitution, which forbids ...

Pakistan’s parliament has passed the eagerly awaited Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 restricting marriage below 18 years of age, meanwhile, the Council of Islamic ...

The renewed push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), with Uttarakhand becoming the first state to enact one, is being projected as a step toward national unity through secularism. But this framing — where ...

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 ...

Delhi High Court has asked the Indian government to legislate a uniform personal law to govern all citizens regardless of their religion — a move Christians and Muslims have been opposing for decades.

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 ...

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 ...

The 78-page affidavit filed by the Uttarakhand government indicates that several provisions are being amended under the Uniform Civil Code. This includes several changes to the rules governing live-in ...

President Droupadi Murmu praises Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code during the state's silver jubilee assembly session.