The Law Commission of India on Friday issued a public notice extending the time period by two more weeks for submission of suggestions on Uniform Civil Code.
Article 44 of the Constitution of India says that the State shall endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code throughout India. UCC is a common set of laws dealing with marriage, inheritance adoption and other matters and not based on religion. Opposition parties and the ruling government have
His visit to India comes when a debate is raging around Uniform Civil Code. The Law Commission of India has recently initiated a fresh deliberation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and solicited public views on the same.
"Forced imposition of the Uniform Civil Code, UCC on the people of the country is a step, which is neither needed nor useful in view of the present situation of the country, as the previous Law Commission has also said," Mayawati said.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday formed a sub-committee to take all views on the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) into consideration and prepare a case for submission to the Law Commission.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Wednesday handed over a draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to the Law Commission, listing its objections to the proposed legislation and highlighting the rights that the enshrined for the community in the Constitution.
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ally Nationalist Congress Party took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on the Uniform Civil Code a day earlier.
While speaking to ANI, V Muraleedharan said," I don't understand why any person from the Muslim or Christian community should feel perturbed about the statement of PM Modi on UCC. It is there in the Constitution.UCC will not curtail the rights of any section. Don't fall prey to the political
"Some suggestions and discussions took place in four meetings held in Delhi. One of the topics of discussion was UCC. We will study the law commission and other factors related to UCC but before that Central government should take the decision on giving a reservation to women like I did when
Speaking with ANI, Awasthi said, "We have got a huge response over UCC after the publication of the notice by the Law Commission of India. Till yesterday, we have received 8.5 lakh responses".
"Sedition law is very much needed. We have thoroughly examined the issue of the usage of sedition law. We have submitted our report to the government. We have said that it is very much required in the present situation of the country for integrity and unity," Justice Awasthi said while ta