July 20, 2023 9:46 PM

Law Commission initiates fresh consultations on UCC issue due to various court orders on the matter: Govt in RS

The Government today said that the Law Commission has initiated fresh consultations on the issue of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) due to the relevance and importance of the subject and various court orders on the matter. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said, the 21st Law Commission had issued a consultation paper on "Reform of Family Law" on the 31st of August, 2018. However, it had not submitted a report on the subject. He said, since more than four ye...