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The Delhi High Court, while granting bail to a 24-year-old man accused of marrying an alleged minor, raised the need for a Uniform Civil Code to resolve conflicts between personal laws and national legislation. Justice Arun Monga noted Muslim law permits marriages after puberty, but Indian criminal law deems them offences, urging legislative clarity for legal certainty and social harmony. Is it not the time to move towards a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), ensuring a single framework where personal o ...Read More >
"This recurring conflict is clear - under Islamic law, a minor girl attaining puberty may lawfully marry, but under Indian criminal law, such a marriage renders the husband an offender under the BNS and/or POCSO or both," Justice Monga observed. In a significant observation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Delhi High Court has stressed the urgent need for legislative clarity to prevent personal or customary laws from overriding national legislation. "Is it not the time to move towards a Un ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant observation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Delhi High Court has stressed the urgent need for legislative clarity to prevent personal or customary laws from overriding national legislation. "Is it not the time to move towards a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), ensuring a single framework where personal or customary law does not override national legislation? [T]he Legislature must decide whether to continue criminalising entire communities or to ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 2 (ANI): Counter-Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with alleged links to Pakistan and arrested five operatives, recovering six sophisticated pistols from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Friday. According to a statement issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, those arrested have been identified as Jagroop Singh of Dhun (Tarn Taran), Nav ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, 1 Aug: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram called on Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge here on Friday, and the two discussed ways to strengthen the Indian National Congress at the grassroots level in Arunachal, as well as to find ways to revive the party's mass connect and public outreach. Siram submitted a comprehensive memorandum to the Congress president, focusing on three major issues of critical importance for the people of Arunachal. The mem ...Read More >
Aizawl: The youth wing of the Mizo National Front (MNF) on Monday erected a hoarding displaying Article 371G of the Indian Constitution by the roadside in front of the Mizo Hnam Run (MNF office) in Mizoram, to commemorate Remna Ni, the anniversary of the signing of the historic Mizo Peace Accord in 1986. The Centre and the erstwhile underground MNF signed the Mizoram Peace Accord on June 30, 1986, ending two decades of insurgency. After the accord, the government granted statehood to Mizoram, m ...Read More >
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand on Monday became the first state to enforce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a common set of laws that subsume customary laws across faiths and govern issues such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and maintenance. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also launched the UCC portal to be used by people for registration of marriage, divorce, rights of inheritance, live-in relationship and its termination under the UCC, and released the rules that will govern implementation of the l ...Read More >
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