Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami announced strict measures against corruption, with over 200 officials jailed in the past ...

Dehradun: The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) called for a single set of laws applicable to all religious communities in India. Enshrined in Part 4 of Article 44 of the Indian Constitution, it aimed to ...

Article 44 in the DPSP ensures that ‘the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India’. Since the matters of personal law and civil ...

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a directive principle of state policy enshrined in Article 44 of the Constitution of India. Article 44 states that “The State shall endeavour to secure for the ...

The Uniform Civil Code seeks “one nation ... This code would supplant existing personal laws that religious groups in India currently ascribe to. Personal laws cover family-related matters ...

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 ...

Drafted as the “Uniform Civil Code Bill” (UCC), the law was passed ... It replaces a diverse set of religious and customary laws in place since India's independence in 1947 that applied ...

Also Read: Explained: Uniform Civil Code and the renewed buzz around it ... Currently, Goa is the only state in India that follows a UCC, inherited from the original Portuguese civil code.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board said on Thursday that a uniform or secular civil code will not be acceptable to Muslims as they will not compromise with Sharia law. In a press release ...

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has dismissed the possibility of implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across ...