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California's FAST Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act) was repealed on September 28, 2023...

Based on the report from the Legislative Council, the government plans to submit a related bill during the ongoing ordinary session of parliament.

Filipinos who have married under civil law cannot get a divorce after converting to Islam, contrary to false posts circulating on Facebook in the Catholic-majority Philippines, where divorce remains illegal. Divorce under Islamic law is only possible if a couple was married under those terms, multiple lawyers in the archipelago nation told AFP.

The concept of marriage is closely tied to procreation and the traditional gender roles of a man and a woman. This has led to a lack of explicit discourse on same-sex marriage within the Hindu religion. The emphasis on procreation in marital unions has made it difficult for society to accept and acknowledge the legitimacy of same-sex unions.

The chairman of Japan's biggest business lobby Keidanren for first time expresses his explicit support for the introduction of a system to allow married couples to use separate surnames.

Local governments and China’s top court are both tackling marriage tradition of a groom paying the bride’s family, calling it a ‘burden’ and ‘extortion’ but women’s rights advocates say addressing gender inequalities may be effective.

The experiences of the different countries that have tried it reveal that a Uniform Civil Code that invades individuals privacy has always resulted in a mechanism for authoritarian regimes, that have...

The Blakes national Securities Litigation team has identified, and examines in this article, five noteworthy cases from 2023. These cases from across Canada span various tribunals,...

Uttarakhand UCC puts a bullseye on live-in relationships. Women’s agency is weakened. Inter-faith couples are worse off. Cops, community get to judge

The uniform civil code (ucc) bill was passed on wednesday in the uttarakhand assembly with a comfortable majority during a special session. uttarakhand chief minister pushkar singh dhami, during the debate on the uniform civil code, said on wednesday that the state legislature is going to create history with the passing of the uniform civil code and that every citizen of the state is filled with pride. the uniform civil code which proposes similar or uniform laws for all communities, was tabled ...