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Congress, CPI(M) continue to spar over Uniform Civil Code

The Centre’s purported move to draft a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for the country continued to roil politics in Kerala.

The Hindu

Palaniswami indicates AIADMK’s opposition to Uniform Civil Code

AIADMK‘s general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday indicated his party’s opposition to the move to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently said that India needed the UCC as the country could not run with the dual system of “separate laws for separate…

The Hindu

Use special powers to exempt Jharkhand tribals from Uniform Civil Code: Adivasi bodies to Governor Radhakrishnan

A group of more than a dozen Adivasi organisations in Jharkhand, led by the Adivasi Samanvay Samiti, on July 5 sent a memorandum to the Governor of the State C. P. Radhakrishnan.

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Traditional way of living of tribals has to be protected, says Jharkhand Governor Radhakrishnan

Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan speaks on tribals issue, UCC in an interview with The Hindu

The Hindu

The Kerala BJP faces a massive roadblock

The UCC debate and Manipur violence have affected its outreach to minorities

The Hindu

Muslim organisations divided on Uniform Civil Code

The Prime Minister’s call for Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has left the Muslim organisations divided down the middle. While the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) lost no time in running down the proposal

The Hindu

Union Minister on UCC : “customs of tribals will be respected”

Minister of State for Health and former Minister of State for Law, S P Singh Baghel on July 4 said the BJP had the utmost respect for tribal communities and nothing would be done to hurt their religious and social customs.

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CPI(M) national seminar on UCC in Kozhikode on July 15

Organisations affiliated to RSS, Jamaat-e-Islami, and SDPI will not be invited, say LDF leaders

The Hindu

Muslim groups in Kerala for political, legal fight against UCC, not street protests

A group of Muslim organisations in Kerala, led by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), has called for “political and legal fight” against the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC), making it clear that its implementation will affect not just Muslims but others as well.

The Hindu

UCC will bind Bharat more effectively: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar

“Any further delay in implementation of Uniform Civil Code will be corrosive of our values.”

The Hindu

UCC push: Modi govt is not interested in real gender reform – triple talaq law is proof

The BJP government’s renewed push for the uniform civil code, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks about instant triple talaq, have again put a practice criminalised four years ago under the media glare. But what’s missing from much of the debates are crucial questions surrounding the triple talaq law…

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Next move on UCC after Law Commission report, Ministry officials tell House panel

Officials from the Law Ministry are awaiting the 22nd Law Commission report to proceed with their process on Uniform Civil Code (UCC), authoritative sources told The Hindu. Read more here

The Hindu

UCC opposition brings Sunni rival groups closest ever

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) proposal mooted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought the rival Muslim groups to a platform of unity where they share a single agenda: to oppose the UCC.

The Hindu

IUML chalks out plan to thwart CPI(M) bid to score over anti-UCC protest

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) seems to be chalking out its own action plan to counter the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and to outsmart the Communist Party of India (Marxist)‘s call for an alliance of secular and democratic forces to resist its implementation.

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UCC will destroy the very existence of tribal communities, says C.K. Janu

Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha (AGM) leader C.K. Janu has said that the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will destroy the very existence of the tribal communities in the country

The Hindu

BJP, CPI(M) on the same page on Uniform Civil Code: Satheesan

Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to create division in society through the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

The Hindu

CPI(M) overture to IUML on UCC issue spooks Congress

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] move to cobble together a vanguard of broad-based opposition to the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by soliciting across-the-aisle support from the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has seemingly spooked the Congress.

The Hindu

UCC in its present form is against the idea of India, Central Nagaland Tribes Council tells Law Commission

The Constitution recognises diversity and plurality among the people of India and therefore, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), in its present form, is against the idea of India, the Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has said in a letter

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Andhra Pradesh: CPI sees need to oppose BJP’s plan to bring in Uniform Civil Code

CPI will discuss the Uniform Civil Code issue at its National Council meeting in Delhi from July 14 to 18, says State secretary Ramakrishna

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Implement UCC through consensus, awareness: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on July 2 said the party was not opposed to the idea of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) but did not endorse the way the BJP and its government “seek to implement it in the country”. It should be implemented through consensus and awareness, the…

The Hindu

CPI(M) calls for coming together of secular forces to counter Uniform Civil Code

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan called for a coming together of secular democratic forces, transcending electoral alliances and pressures of political expediency, to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) bid to impose a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) arbitrarily.

The Hindu

Congress vehemently opposed to Uniform Civil Code, says Satheesan

Dismissing allegations of lack of clarity on the part of the Congress party regarding the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said that the party is vehemently opposed to it.

The Hindu

MPs on Standing Committee given 2018 Law Commission report that says UCC is ‘not necessary or desirable’

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sushil Modi has called a meeting on July 3 to begin deliberations on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). It has circulated the 2018 consultation paper of the 21st Law Commission on the subject to its…

The Hindu

Protests against UCC build up in three northeastern States

The Nagaland Transparency, Public Rights Advocacy and Direct-Action Organisation said enforcing the UCC would be a violation of the special constitutional rights given to the State and disrupt the unique customs and traditions of the Naga people.

The Hindu

PM Modi only diverts and distracts: Congress

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) ahead of next year’s general elections, the Congress on July 2 said the ruling BJP is raising “divisive and polarising” issues to divert the attention from the failures of its government.

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