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Assam Assembly introduces UCC bill, third state after Uttarakhand, GujaratAssam has introduced its Uniform Civil Code bill in the Assembly. This move follows similar legislation passed in Uttarakhand and Gujarat. ...
Withdraw EPF through UPI soon as government completes testingEmployees Provident Fund Organisation subscribers will soon withdraw their provident fund corpus directly through Unified Payment Interface...
AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal seeks early oath date for his MLA swearing-in ceremony ahead of HajjAIUDF President Badruddin Ajmal has requested the Assam Assembly Speaker for a convenient date to take his oath as an MLA. He is scheduled ...
First big move in Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma govt to table UCC Bill on May 26; enforces 20% fuel cutAssam's new cabinet has approved the Uniform Civil Code bill, set for assembly presentation on May 26. The government is also implementing ...
Uttarakhand to implement Uniform Civil Code todayUniform Civil Code: Uttarakhand will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) from January 27, 2025, becoming the first state in India to do ...
Uttarakhand govt notifies Uniform Civil Code, sets rules for marriage registrationUttarakhand becomes the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which standardizes personal laws related to marriage,...
Bill to raise legal marriage age to 21 for women lapses as 17th Lok Sabha dissolvesCiting provisions of law and Constitution, former Lok Sabha Secretary-General and Constitution expert P D T Acharya told PTI that with the ...
SC dismisses plea seeking uniform minimum age of marriage for men and womenA bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala said the matter fell under the domain of the ...
SC junks plea seeking uniform minimum age for marriage for men and womenThe petitioner said the plea was filed raising a legal question and forming a task force to look at the issue will not serve the purpose. T...
Delhi HC sends to SC plea seeking uniform minimum age for marriage for men and womenOn January 13, the apex court transferred to itself the petition filed by advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay, which was pending befor...
Centre 'relied upon Supreme Court's 2017 ruling to propose 21 as uniform marriage age'In the judgement, the Supreme Court had observed that "law cannot be hidebound and static. It has to evolve and change with the needs of so...
DYFI slams decision to raise women's marriage ageThe Union Cabinet had on Wednesday cleared a proposal to bring in uniformity in the marriageable age of men and women and is likely to brin...
Bill likely on increasing legal marriage age of women from 18 to 21 years: SourcesThe Union Cabinet on Wednesday had cleared a proposal to bring in uniformity in the marriageable age of men and women, sources said on Thur...
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea for transfer of PILs on uniform marriage age from Delhi, Rajasthan High CourtsThe Delhi High Court had in August, 2019 issued notice to the Centre and the Law Commission of India on BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadh...
Law Panel: Reduce legal age of marriage for men to 18The panel said while Hindu law recognised the marriage between a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy as valid but voidable, the Muslim ...
Let 18 years be recognised as legal age for marriage for men too: Law panelThe age of majority, 18 years, must be recognised uniformly as the legal age for marriage for men and women alike as per Indian Majority Ac...
- Centre changed personal laws of only Hindus: SC
The Supreme Court has again pulled up the government for its failure to overhaul personal laws of the minority communities, saying that it ...