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Gujarat notifies UCC, mandates live-in relation registrationThe Gujarat Uniform Civil Code, 2026, will "govern and regulate the laws relating to marriage and divorce, succession, live-in relationship...
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...
Maharashtra UCC Panel: Ex-Bombay High Court judge quitsFormer judge RC Chavan tendered his resignation from the seven-member committee, citing differences over the panel's public consultation pr...
Former Justice R C Chavan resigns from Maharashtra UCC panelJustice R C Chavan resigned from Maharashtra's Uniform Civil Code committee on September 19. He cited disagreements over the committee's fu...
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...
Taslima Nasreen backs UCC, says women would not get equal rights if religious laws existExiled Bangladeshi writer and activist Taslima Nasreen on Tuesday reiterated her stance on the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UC...
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...
Maharashtra forms 7-member UCC panel led by ex-SC judge Ranjana DesaiMaharashtra's chief minister has unveiled a seven-member committee tasked with the implementation of a uniform civil code. The panel will b...
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...
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...
Gujarat likely to table UCC Bill in monsoon sessionThe five-member panel-constituted on February 4-was initially expected to submit its report within 45 days. Justice Desai later told the me...
High-level committee meeting on Gujarat’s Uniform Civil Code draft held in New DelhiThe high-level committee led by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai met in New Delhi to draft Gujarat's Uniform Civil Code. The focus...
Uttarakhand Draft Civil Code to be submitted to govt soon: Committee headThe Uttarakhand government had constituted an expert committee under retired Supreme Court judge Desai in May last year to examine the laws...
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...
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...
Indu Malhotra sworn in as Supreme Court judgeWith Malhotra joining the bench, the strength of the Supreme Court is now 25, against the sanctioned strength of 31, including the CJI.
Family, social ties spell no conflict of interest in power appeals courtParties involved were mega power distribution companies in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab as well as GMR...
- Wife-beating isn't normal: Supreme Court
SC on Thursday deprecated a lower court judgement for suggesting that wife-beating was a normal facet of married life.
- 3 judges sworn in, raising Supreme Court strength to 29
Three judges, including a woman, were today sworn in as Supreme Court judges, raising the strength of women in the highest judiciary to two...
- Supreme Court to get five new judges
Working below strength, the Supreme Court is all set to get five new judges, including a woman, in the coming days.