personal law

New Delhi, April 3 – The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) strongly opposed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) initiatives in Uttarakhand and Gujarat on Friday, describing them as constitutionally flawed, legally untenable, and violations of religious freedom and civil liberties.Speaking...

Gandhinagar, March 25 Gujarat has become the second state after Uttarakhand to pass a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, with state BJP President Jagdish Vishwakarma stating on Wednesday that the move advances the goal of a uniform legal framework governing personal matters across communities.In a...

Gandhinagar, March 24 – The Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, was formally introduced in the State Assembly on Tuesday by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.The Bill, introduced during the final days of the current budget session, aims to establish a common legal framework governing...

Gandhinagar, March 24 – Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Tuesday that the day would be “etched in golden words in Gujarat’s history” as the State Assembly prepared to debate the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill. Sanghavi is expected to introduce the legislation around 2:00 PM today...

New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a significant constitutional challenge involving gender discrimination within religious personal laws, questioning whether a Parsi woman can be deprived of her religious identity following inter-faith marriage.The top court...

Ahmedabad, March 21 – Protests erupted outside the Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad on Saturday as workers from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) demonstrated against the Gujarat government’s proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, which is scheduled to be debated next week.The...

New Delhi, March 19 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of unilateral divorce practices within the Muslim community, including Talaq-e-Hasan and Talaq-e-Ahsan, which allow a Muslim man to dissolve a marriage without the wife's...

Gandhinagar, March 17 – A high-level committee established by the Gujarat government to examine the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, submitted its final report to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on Tuesday.The committee, headed by retired Supreme Court...

Gandhinagar, February 19 – A high-level committee constituted by the Gujarat government to draft a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) reviewed the progress of its work at a meeting held in New Delhi on February 18, officials said on Thursday.The meeting was held under the chairmanship of former Supreme...