India, May 25 -- The Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government on Monday introduced the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026, in the Assam Assembly. This is a huge legal and political development in the state ...

With this, Assam has become the first state in the Northeast and the third BJP-ruled state in the country to introduce such ...

The draft bill proposes mandatory registration of marriages and live-in relationships, while setting defined timelines and ...

The Assam government has tabled a Bill proposing a Uniform Civil Code, which includes measures to ban polygamy and register live-in relationships, with potential penalties for non-compliance.

The Assam government has introduced a Uniform Civil Code Bill to ban polygamy and make live-in relationship registration ...

Introduced within weeks of the new NDA government taking office, the proposed Uniform Civil Code Bill seeks uniform rules on ...

The newly formed Assam Cabinet, in its first meeting on Wednesday, approved a draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill and ...

The Assam government introduced a UCC Bill proposing a ban on polygamy, compulsory registration of marriages, divorces and live-in relationships, and equal inheritance rights. Opposition parties ...

Assam's UCC Bill aims to ban polygamy and mandate live-in relationship registration, sparking opposition calls for broader ...