By Yogendra Yadav New Delhi, June 22, 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party government’s predictable move to reignite the controversy over the Uniform Civil Code has invited predictable responses. Opposition leaders have flayed this move. Questioning the need for the Law Commission to take this up again, several opposition leaders haveContinue Reading
Chhotebhai Kanpur, April 7, 2022: TV Debates and newspaper headlines are replete with news and views on the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC). They have generated more heat than light. That, sadly, may be what the UCC is all about. Let us go by the facts, not opinions, especially thoseContinue Reading
Commission suggests certain measures in marriage and divorce that should be uniformly accepted in the personal laws of all religions.Continue Reading
The talk of a Uniform Civil Code has nothing to do with gender justice. It has entirely to do with a Hindu nationalist agenda to ‘discipline’ Muslims For nearly eight decades, the women’s movement has discussed and debated the desirability and feasibility of a Uniform Civil Code, and has endedContinue Reading
The Law Commission has sought public opinion on the exercise of reforming family laws of all religionsContinue Reading
Cardinal Cleemis says such discussions should be held within the freedom of religious guaranteed by India’s constitutionContinue Reading
New Delhi: Considering to put in place a uniform civil code for the entire country has nothing to do with any religion or faith as it is a secular concept, Justice B.S. Chauhan, chairman of the Law Commission of India said here on Thursday. “We will submit a neutral andContinue Reading
the cardinal Alencherry wants the authorities to consider laws based on traditions and conventions before enacting the codeContinue Reading
A delegation of Indian Union Muslim League led handed over the memorandumContinue Reading
New Delhi: Curious about the push to circumvent the Parliament and use the courts to usher in the Uniform Civil Code, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Bharatiya Janata Party leader seeking to bring the civil code which brings all religious personal laws under one umbrella. AContinue Reading