Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in Uttarakhand from January 2025. According to a press statement issued on Wednesday, all ...

The Chief Minister clarified that the Uttarakhand government has not just implemented a law, but has taken a major step toward social justice and equality. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was ...

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 ...

CM Dhami further said that it was this belief that inspired him to include revolutionary concepts like the Uniform Civil Code. The Chief Minister clarified that the Uttarakhand government has not just ...

Uttarakhand becomes the first Indian state to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) since Independence. On January 27, 2025, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami officially rolled out the UCC ...

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The push for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India, exemplified by Uttarakhand's enactment, is framed as secular progress. However, critics argue true equality requires dismantling inequities within ...

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It is, therefore, clear that any provision under the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024, which applies to the residents of Uttarakhand, excluding tribals, would fall foul of the laws framed by ...

A woman from rural Kumaon has become the first person in the division to register her live-in relationship under Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code. The registration was completed by the SDM in ...

On January 17, BJP-ruled Uttarakhand became the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code after independence. A common civil code has been in place in Goa since the Portuguese Civil Code was ...