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All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday said that they will challenge the Supreme Court latest verdict, allowing divorced women to claim maintenance after the period of "Iddat"

The glaring inequality in Muslim personal law first came to light in 2023 when actor Shukkur and his wife remarried under SMA so that their daughters could inherit the full share of their property.

In January this year, Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that Assam will be the third State in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

The Mankhurd Shivajinagar MLA resorted to fearmongering among Muslims against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill was passed with a comfortable majority during a special session of the Uttarakhand assembly on Wednesday.

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill was passed on Wednesday n the Uttarakhand assembly with a comfortable majority during a special session.

AIMPLB opposed UCC bill introduced in Uttarakhand Assembly, stating that Muslims are governed by the Shariat Law.

The Bill says that the relationship between a man and a woman can be termed legitimate or illegitimate based on social norms, but a child is never 'illegitimate'.

Referring to this, CM Dhami posted on X, "With the aim of giving equal rights to the citizens of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand, a Uniform Civil Code bill will be introduced in the Assembly today. It is a moment of pride for all the people of the state that we will be known as the first state in the country to move towards implementing UCC".

The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday approved the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) report in a meeting held at the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's residence.