On the basis of her committee's report, the UCC in Uttarakhand established mandatory registration for marriages and live-in relationships, banned polygamy, and provided equal inheritance rights for......
'It would be reasonable to assume that Modi 3.0 would be more focused on projects and schemes which do not require any legislative change or which have the support of its coalition partners,'......
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday said the Uniform Civil Code would be implemented in Telangana if the party came to power in the state in the November 30 Assembly elections. IMAGE: Union......
The 21st Law Commission said the special status given to the entity of HUF was a 'so-called gift by the British', who could not comprehend the complex socioeconomic structure of Indian......
Introducing UCC is a challenging task for any government.The complexities are real and difficult to negotiate as it deals with sensitive religious and cultural sentiments.How can it strike an easy......
Markets regulator Sebi has notified a stricter regulatory framework for small and medium enterprise (SME) IPOs by introducing a profitability requirement and capping a 20 per cent limit on......
Anticipating US action on tariffs, India seems to have made the first move by revamping its tariff structure by reducing the slabs to eight rates, points out Mukesh Butani. IMAGE: Union Finance......
The implementation of the Direct Taxes Code appears set to miss its deadline once again. The Direct Taxes Code Bill, introduced in Parliament on August 30 last year, proposes to replace the......
The 48-year-old Indian Income Tax Act is set to be replaced by a new Direct Tax Code from April 1, 2011. The ball is already in play. A draft of the new Direct Tax Code has been released by the......
The salaried class will be broadly happy with the revised direct taxes code (DTC), but the harsher provisions for investments in stocks and mutual funds could temper the enthusiasm. The revised......