On January 27, 2025, Uttarakhand became the first Indian state to implement the long-debated Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a step hailed as revolutionary by some and divisive by others. But as the dust settles, the UCC’s implications—both social and legal—remain the subject of intense national debate
As the state becomes the first to implement its own brand of the Code, concerns are being raised against potential state vigilantism, moral policing and infringement of individual and minority rights