Bill on Uniform Civil Code to be July flashpoint

Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  With Lok Sabha elections solely a 12 months away, the Centre seems to be shifting throughout the course of implementing its long-time poll promise of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) throughout the nation. According to sources, at a high-level meeting chaired by Union residence minister Amit Shah on Monday, he expressed his keenness to introduce the bill throughout the Monsoon session of Parliament in July. 

The meeting was attended by Union laws minister Kiren Rijiju, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, prime officers from quite a few departments, BJP president J P Nadda, RSS joint frequent secretary Arun Kumar amongst others. According to sources, Shah said that the bill must be ready by July.

With Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh scheduled for the second half of this 12 months, the event is also banking on the UCC card. Shah said closing 12 months that the BJP is devoted to implementing a UCC after discussions and by following all democratic processes.

Last month, Mehta instructed the Supreme Court that the Centre is in favour of a UCC, together with its enacting is inside the world of Parliament and by no means courts. Rijiju had earlier instructed Parliament that the twenty second Law Commission will examine quite a few factors pertaining to the UCC and make options.

The twenty first Law Commission in its working paper said {{that a}} UCC is “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage”. It observed that “Difference does not always imply discrimination in a robust democracy. So a unified nation does not necessarily need to have uniformity.”

Speaking to this newspaper, a former member of the twenty first Law Commission said, “Our commission took two-and-a-half years to prepare a working paper on UCC. It needs elaborate consultation with all stakeholders.” The member moreover recognized that the Muslim non-public authorized pointers ought to be codified sooner than embarking on drafting authorized pointers for the UCC. 

twenty second Law Commission
The twenty second Law Commission is headed by former Karnataka High Court chief justice Rituraj Awasthi, who headed a bench that heard throughout the hijab ban case. Its member Justice Okay T Sankaran had coined the love jihad phrase for the first time in 2009 all through his tenure in Kerala HC

NEW DELHI:  With Lok Sabha elections solely a 12 months away, the Centre seems to be shifting throughout the course of implementing its long-time poll promise of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) throughout the nation. According to sources, at a high-level meeting chaired by Union residence minister Amit Shah on Monday, he expressed his keenness to introduce the bill throughout the Monsoon session of Parliament in July. 

The meeting was attended by Union laws minister Kiren Rijiju, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, prime officers from quite a few departments, BJP president J P Nadda, RSS joint frequent secretary Arun Kumar amongst others. According to sources, Shah said that the bill must be ready by July.

With Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Chhattisgarh scheduled for the second half of this 12 months, the event is also banking on the UCC card. Shah said closing 12 months that the BJP is devoted to implementing a UCC after discussions and by following all democratic processes.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Last month, Mehta instructed the Supreme Court that the Centre is in favour of a UCC, together with its enacting is inside the world of Parliament and by no means courts. Rijiju had earlier instructed Parliament that the twenty second Law Commission will examine quite a few factors pertaining to the UCC and make options.

The twenty first Law Commission in its working paper said {{that a}} UCC is “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage”. It observed that “Difference does not always imply discrimination in a robust democracy. So a unified nation does not necessarily need to have uniformity.”

Speaking to this newspaper, a former member of the twenty first Law Commission said, “Our commission took two-and-a-half years to prepare a working paper on UCC. It needs elaborate consultation with all stakeholders.” The member moreover recognized that the Muslim non-public authorized pointers ought to be codified sooner than embarking on drafting authorized pointers for the UCC. 

twenty second Law Commission
The twenty second Law Commission is headed by former Karnataka High Court chief justice Rituraj Awasthi, who headed a bench that heard throughout the hijab ban case. Its member Justice Okay T Sankaran had coined the love jihad phrase for the first time in 2009 all through his tenure in Kerala HC