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Assam to move ahead with UCC as Himanta defends reform push, targets Rs 10 lakh crore economy by 2028Assam's Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is pushing for a Uniform Civil Code, stating it will empower minority women and promote equality...- Expat in UAE with assets but no Will? The 2026 amendment changes how your assets will be transferred to your legal heirsNew rules are coming to the UAE for expats with property and assets. Starting January 2026, the UAE Civil Personal Status Law sees signific...
- SC upholds widow's inheritance rights under Muslim law, flags poor quality of translation of orderThe Supreme Court ruled that an agreement to sell property does not transfer ownership, declaring all assets of a deceased person as ancest...
- Different children's succession rights can be different: Knowing their inheritance rights can prevent family fightsInheritance rights for children vary significantly based on their parents' marital status, legal standing, and religion. While biological c...
- Ensure your mother's inheritance rights: A guide to succession lawsMany mothers are unaware of their inheritance rights, potentially losing their rightful share of property. Succession laws vary based on re...
- As a daughter, a wife or a mother, why you must stay up to date about your inheritance rights?A Hindu wife is a class I heir with an equal right to her deceased husband's property, while a Muslim wife without children gets a one-four...
- Has Iraq lowered minimum age for Muslim girls to marry to as young as nine-year-old? Here's truthIraq witnessed a massive uproar after news broke out that the Parliament had passed a law that sought to lower minimum age for Muslim girls...
- Uttarakhand's UCC changes inheritance laws: Who is covered and how will it impact individuals living in other parts of India?Uttarakhand UCC Law: Uttarakhand became the first state in the country to pass the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The UCC will make the uniform ...
- From registration of live-in relationship to polygamy ban: Highlights of Uttarakhand Uniform Civil CodeAmidst uproar in the Uttarakhand Assembly, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami tabled the Uniform Civil Code Bill during a special session. ...
- What's Uniform Civil Code: What does Constitution say about UCC and why it's so controversial in India?Uniform Civil Code (UCC): The debate over India's Uniform Civil Code (UCC) intensifies as proponents push for a unified legal framework, wh...
- Uttarakhand panel's report on uniform civil code: What lies in storeThe most crucial recommendations it is likely to make are equal property rights for women, including Muslims, raising the marriage age for ...
- Inheritance rights of Hindu, Muslim, Christian women are not the sameThe awareness of one's rights and the courage to claim them are the only weapons that can help women in resisting any injustice that is met...
- To fight falsehood, AIMPLB plans journal on Muslim Religious Law, women's rightsIn the last few years, various Muslim bodies have accused the centre of infringing on the Muslim personal law. Muslims in India are governe...
- Indian community in UAE hails new civil law for non-MuslimsIn his capacity as the Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday issued a law to regulate p...
- Abu Dhabi issues law on divorce, inheritance for non-MuslimsThe report Sunday by the WAM news agency said Abu Dhabi would create a new court to handle these cases, which will be held in both Arabic a...
- Lessons from Murugappa: What are your inheritance rights as a woman?Succession and inheritance laws are still grey areas for many women, largely due to the lack of uniformity.
- Who has the right over a woman’s property after she dies?Section 14 of Hindu Succession Act describes what constitutes a woman’s property, owned and acquired by her. It does not distinguish betwee...
- Inheritance rights of women: How to protect them and how succession laws varyWhether you are a wife, daughter or mother, find out what you are entitled to and how you can claim it.
- One nation one code- will the UCC make Indian families fairer?Extra-judicial divorce remains more readily available to Muslim men than to Muslim women, who access it mainly through khula, which require...
- Triple talaq to be tested on touchstone of Constitution: Supreme CourtDuring the hearing, senior advocate Indira Jaising referred to an old verdict of the Bombay High Court holding Personal Law regime cannot b...
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