Article 44 of the Constitution of India says that the State shall endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code throughout India. UCC is a common set of laws dealing with marriage, inheritance adoption and other matters and not based on religion. Opposition parties and the ruling government have
The political fallout to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strong advocacy of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) continued on Monday, as the All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Monday penned a letter to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao saying that the central government's
His visit to India comes when a debate is raging around Uniform Civil Code. The Law Commission of India has recently initiated a fresh deliberation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and solicited public views on the same.
Expressing his view, Senior Advocate Nidhesh Gupta said that Article 44 of the Constitution of India requires the State to endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code throughout India. "Being a part of the Directive Principles, it is a guiding principle that the State must aspire to secure," he
"Forced imposition of the Uniform Civil Code, UCC on the people of the country is a step, which is neither needed nor useful in view of the present situation of the country, as the previous Law Commission has also said," Mayawati said.
Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday that bringing about Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will not be as easy for the central government as abrogation of Article 370.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday accused the BJP-led central government of using the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) against non-BJP states, alleging that those speaking against the proposed legislation were being threatened with reiads by the central investigating agencies.
Claiming that even police personnel do not have security under Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's rule, TDP national general secretary Nara Lokesh on Thursday said the men in uniform were even killing themselves as nobody from the administration was extending a helping hand in their hour of
"Does the @INCIndia have a clear stand on the #UniformCivilCode? Their suspicious silence is deceitful. When it is the need of the hour to resist the Sangh Parivar's attacks on India's plurality, is the INC ready to take a firm stand against them?" the Chief Minister tweeted.