On several occasions, the Court has drawn attention to the constitutional vision embodied in Article 44 and the importance of moving towards a common civil framework for all citizens ...

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 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 ...

India's 1.4 billion people are subject to a common criminal law but rules vary on personal matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance. The proposed civil code would standardise laws across all ...

An Indian state announced Monday it had begun implementing a common civil code to replace religious laws, stoking fear among minority Muslims of a looming nationwide rollout by the Hindu-nationalist ...