President Murmu gives assent to Gujarat Uniform Civil Code, state becomes second after Uttarakhand to enact UCCGujarat has officially enacted the Uniform Civil Code after presidential assent received in October. This new law establishes a unified leg...
02 Oct, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
Bengal UCC panel set to start public hearings: Consultations to be held in five segmentsWest Bengal's Uniform Civil Code commission will start public hearings soon. Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai leads this i...
08 Sep, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
West Bengal govt sets up committee to examine draft Uniform Civil Code BillWest Bengal has formed a high-level committee to examine its draft Uniform Civil Code. This committee, led by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai...
11 Jul, 2026, 02.26 PM IST
West Bengal forms panel to draft UCC billWest Bengal's Chief Minister announced that a draft bill for a Uniform Civil Code will be presented to the state cabinet on Thursday for ap...
29 Jun, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
Justice Never Rests: Ranjana Desai’s six jobs after hanging up her gavelFormer Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has maintained a remarkably active post-retirement career, heading six significant natio...
30 Oct, 2025, 12.27 PM IST
Uttarakhand CM Dhami receives UCC final draft; laws to focus on marriage, live-in relations, other sectionsUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the receipt of the Uniform Civil Code draft with four sections: marriage, marriage...
18 Oct, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Uttarakhand Assembly to discuss UCC proposal today, CM to chair cabinet meet laterThe proposal for the implementation of the UCC will be discussed in the Uttarakhand Assembly on Saturday. Chief Minister Dhami will chair a...
03 Feb, 2024, 10.34 AM IST
Law Commission considering to work on UCC, says Justice Ranjana Prakash DesaiDesai and members of the Uttarakhand panel met the Law Commission chairman, Justice (retired) Ritu Raj Awasthi, and members K T Sankaran, A...
02 Jun, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
Expert panel constituted to implement Uniform Civil Code in U'khand"In accordance with a commitment made in our vision document at the time of the Uttarakhand Assembly polls, an expert committee headed by h...
27 May, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir administration nominates nodal officers for assistance of Delimitation CommissionIn an order issued by the General Administration Department, one officer has been nominated in each of the 20 districts of the union territ...
10 Jul, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
History repeats as Supreme Court to witness all-women bench on September 5The apex court had seen a women alone bench for the first time in 2013 when Justices Gyan Sudha Misra and Ranjana Prakash Desai sat togethe...
01 Sep, 2018, 04.33 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to grant bail to Babu Singh Kushwaha in the National Rural Health Mission scamA bench of justices Ranjana Prakash Desai and N V Ramana refused to entertain his plea, saying the allegations against him are very grave.
17 Jul, 2014, 06.26 PM IST
Supreme Court refuses to pass direction on cooling off period for IAS, IPSThe Supreme Court today refused to frame guidelines for providing mandatory cooling off period to retired bureaucrats and police officials ...
02 Nov, 2013, 02.05 AM IST
- Reserve 3% government jobs for disabled: SC to Centre, states
The Supreme Court today directed the Centre and state governments to provide three per cent job reservation to disabled persons in their de...
08 Oct, 2013, 09.50 PM IST
Implementation of negative vote not a problem: Supreme Court observesThe Supreme Court noted that this provision can be provided in existing electronic voting machines (EVMs) without any "additional cost" or ...
27 Sep, 2013, 07.39 PM IST
- No nursing homes in NOIDA residential areas, orders SC
Supreme Court has asked NOIDA administration to ensure that no poly clinics or nursing homes are permitted in the residential area of the C...
07 May, 2012, 07.25 PM IST
- SC stay on sealing of banks in Noida extended
The Supreme Court today extended till March 12 its stay on sealing of the banks operating from residential areas in NOIDA.
01 Mar, 2012, 09.30 PM IST