On February 7, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, becoming the first legislature in independent India to pass a law that proposes common rules on marriage ...

On Feb 6, 1951, the architect of the Constitution had countered the members of Parliament who had sought a Uniform ... Act, 1925, and the Special Marriage Act, 1872, “you can have a Civil Code ...

Live-in relationships are becoming increasingly common, though they may still lack full societal acceptance. The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) seeks to address this shift while safeguarding the rights ...