The Indian government has initiated the process to establish a uniform personal code replacing religion-based family law, but religious leaders including Christians are reticent. The Law Commission of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has promised to replace existing religion-based civil codes with a common law to govern marriage, adoption, divorce and inheritance norms for ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nine months before a general election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have dusted off a potentially divisive plan to ...

The BJP launched its manifesto, wading into a polarising debate by reaffirming its stand on a uniform civil code which would standardise laws for personal matters ...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state has ...

India's ruling party on Sunday pledged to introduce a new common civil code for the country, calling it a crucial step for gender equality, a week before a general election in the world's most ...

NEW DELHI, July 14 (Reuters) - Nine months before a general election, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have dusted off a potentially divisive ...

NEW DELHI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - An Indian state ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is set to introduce contentious new common personal laws that will apply across religions next week, a ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday he wanted to press ahead with a national common civil code of law, a proposal bitterly opposed by Muslim activists as an attack on their faith.

Mumbai: Members of the Shia Muslim community from across the country will be meeting in Lucknow on December 28 to discuss the possibility of a common civil code in India and to demand a commission to ...