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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicUniform Civil Code

Topic: Uniform Civil Code

As Modi renews call for ‘secular civil code’, here’s what Supreme Court has said about UCC over the yrs

Referring to ‘secular civil code’ in his I-Day speech, Modi said it is ‘collective responsibility of Indians to realise vision of Constitution makers’ & SC ‘advocates for this change’.

Once-powerful AIMPLB is battling multiple crises. Internal strife, calls for reforms and UCC

UCC is an existential battle for All India Muslim Personal Law Board. ‘If it comes into the country, the board will end’.

Goans have already accepted a UCC-like code as a whole, plan to publish book on it — Governor Pillai

In an interview, Pillai also said bonsai art didn't originate in Japan but in India. On tensions between tourists & residents, he said Goans will not support regionalist movements.

UCC won’t affect tribal customs, only build ‘awareness’, says Union Minister Arjun Munda

In an exclusive interview, Munda spoke about former CM Hemant Soren’s arrest as a poll plank in Jharkhand, the MSP debate, and controversy over UCC and ‘Constitution change’.

UCC, simultaneous polls, Ayushman Bharat for all over-70s — key promises from BJP manifesto

Better infrastructure along international borders, empowering more rural women under Lakhpati Didi scheme & facilitating bid for 2036 Olympics also among pledges.

‘Bodies found in suitcases’ — Uttarakhand CM on need for registration of live-in couples

In an interview, Pushkar Singh Dhami says Muslim women will benefit from UCC. Also talks about fixing 'criteria' for induction of defectors from other parties & removal of encroachments.

Uttarakhand UCC doesn’t protect wives in polygamous marriages

The Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code fails to make itself modern by reinforcing the colonial provision for restitution of conjugal rights—the requirement to cohabit with one’s partner on court's order.

SubscriberWrites: Under the watchful eyes of the state!

In a modern state, the state is an institution that encourages individual decision-making and gives legal help and protection to individuals who face discrimination due to various social factors.

160-yr-old law on wills for modern India? Uttarakhand’s UCC has just copy-pasted it

The colonial-era law governing wills is bulky, overly prescriptive, and inaccessible. It should be simple and pithy. Most countries follow this format.

Uttarakhand UCC delivers status quo for wives & mothers, while promising ‘gender justice’

Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code claims to ensure gender justice by abolishing discriminatory practices among Muslims, but fails to address other unjust laws.

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Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.