No political party in power took this short step despite SC goadingNEW DELHI: When the Constitution was just a year-old, law minister B R Ambedkar had stoically met the charge that the Hindu Code Bill, 1951, was communal in nature as it aimed to codify the personal law of one religious community leaving aside the…
DEHRADUN: In a singular order, Uttarakhand high court has directed police to provide security to an interfaith couple in a live-in relationship provided the couple register themselves under the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) within 48 hours. The order evoked surprise as the UCC, although approved by the President and notified by the state govt, is…
GUWAHATI: BJP-governed Assam, which has been cited in an independent nationwide survey as a case study in curbing child marriage, approved Thursday a Bill to repeal a 1935 law that permits underage marriages among the Muslim community if specific conditions are met.With the cabinet endorsing the proposal mooted in Feb, the Bill to abrogate the…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma GUWAHATI: BJP-governed Assam, which has been cited in an independent nationwide survey as a case study in curbing child marriage, approved Thursday a Bill to repeal a 1935 law that permits underage marriages among the Muslim community if specific conditions are met.With the cabinet endorsing the proposal mooted in Feb,…
NEW DELHI: Soon after assuming charge as law and justice minister on Tuesday, Arjun Ram Meghwal said a uniform civil code (UCC) and ‘one nation, one poll‘ were part of govt’s agenda, but refrained from giving a timeframe for implementation.The two initiatives were part of BJP’s poll promises and the party’s loss of majority in…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah, confident of a third term for the Narendra Modi-led govt, has asserted that Uniform Civil Code will be implemented across the country in the next five years and justified the PM’s strident opposition to Muslim quota by saying that if opposing it was religion-based campaign, then BJP would continue…
The Congress party’s manifesto focuses on upholding minority safety and rights, pledging to tackle hate crimes and communal tensions. It opposes mob lynching and ‘bulldozer justice’, advocating for personal freedoms and community consent in legal reforms. Source link
DEHRADUN: The five-member panel constituted for drafting the uniform civil code (UCC) in Uttarakhand handed over its final draft report to CM Pushkar Singh Dhami in an event at the CM camp office on Friday morning. The draft would be discussed and passed in the state cabinet meeting scheduled on Saturday (February 3). Thereafter, it…
