The Uniform Civil Code is a proposal to bring a single, unified law that governs all Indian citizens in matters of personal law—such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption.

Uttarakhand has become the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which refers to one law for all religious communities in matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption etc.

Drafted as the “Uniform Civil Code Bill” (UCC), the law was passed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, Feb. 7.

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 Uniform Civil Code ...

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.

"The country needs a Uniform Civil Code in respect of Personal Laws and religion," the Court on April 4 observed, "only then the object of Article 14 of the Constitution of India will be achieved." ...

Last week, on 9 th December, a Member of Parliament from the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) introduced a private member bill on India’s Uniform Civil Code (‘UCC’) in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of ...

"Under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code, upon an individual's death, equal property rights have been granted not only to the spouse and children but also to the parents.

The Uniform Civil Code also effectively outlaws bigamy and polygamy by limiting marriage to situations in which “neither party has a spouse living at the time.” Muslim bodies across the country, ...