Shah Bano

Recently a seminar in Kashmir University titled “Navigating Legal Frontiers: Understanding Indian Penal Code 2023 & the Quest for Uniform Civil Code” was cancelled because of politics by the separatists in the valley. It was being organized by an association of lawyers- Kashmir Jurists- in the valley which sought administrative support from the Indian Army. […]

The topic of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) dates back to the colonial period and later made its presence felt during post-independent India era where mostly women representatives in parliament, B.R. Ambedkar and Jawahar Lal Nehru spoke in favor of it. However, due to lack of consensus, UCC was introduced under Article 44 of the Directive Principles of […]