Congress MP Jebi Mather on Saturday dismissed the Bharatiya Janata Party's proposed bill on Uniform Civil Code and said that the bill should be nipped and called it "unconstitutional".
Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan on Friday opposed the 'Uniform Civil Code in India Bill, 2020', which was introduced in Rajya Sabha and said that the bill has been brought just to end Muslim Personal Law.
Chaos ensued after the bill was introduced in the Upper House. The Bill was tabled in the Upper House on the third day of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) to make the minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls the same as that of persons belonging to other religions.
Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Friday opposed the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha, terming it as 'unconstitutional'.
"We aren't like the Congress party that overturns everything and captures institutions. BJP respects all institutions of the country," said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju.
On the third day of the Winter Session of the Parliament, BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav has given Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the implementation of the Uniform Civil code in the country.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeks direction to implement a Uniform Banking Code for foreign exchange transactions to control black money generation and Benami transactions.
A member of the committee of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on Sunday informed that people are expressing their views on the subject by putting for their suggestions on the matter.