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Chennai's CHENNAISASTRA Univ. School of Law held a panel discussion on the need for a UCC in India. Former CEC S.Y. Quraishi said most debate on UCC is based on ignorance. MP Manish Tewari said the Constituent Assembly had drafted a document for posterity, embodying the hopes & aspirations of…

UCC proposed by Centre too complex to be implemented given India's diversity, says retired professor of the University of Hyderabad G. Haragopal.

On June 14, the 22nd Law Commission had sought the views of the public at large on the issue of the Uniform Civil Code. It led to an outpouring of views and suggestions – almost 50 lakh responses from the general public.

The members of the Law Commission will hold group discussions with people and communities/stakeholders across the country to seek opinions and suggestions on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), sources from the commission told The Hindu. The deadline for public suggestions on UCC ended on July 28.

‘BJP using UCC to reap political gains in Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls in various States’

The Dalit, tribal and minority members pledged to “protect religious, cultural and all fundamental rights enshrined in our Constitution”

he need for a united effort to resist the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was the highlight of the Muslim Coordination Committee’s seminar held in Kozhikode on Wednesday

CM Siddaramaiah assures Muslim Personal Law Board reps of protecting minorities' rights from Centre's UCC moves. Law Commission rejected UCC proposal earlier, now collecting opinion from public. Board reps submitted petition with 1 cr signatures against UCC. CM says govt will respond to Centre after draft UCC publication, won't allow…

A UCC under a majoritarian regime is likely to be an awkward result of the crisis of Indian secularism

The Muslim Coordination Committee has invited the CPI(M) to a seminar against the UCC in Kozhikode. All mainstream parties, incl. Congress, IUML, CPI(M), CPI & Jamaat-e-Islami invited. Event to highlight UCC as national issue, resist move to polarise society on religious terms. Ma. Subramanian to open, Thangal to preside.

“When they [the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] say one law for one country, it eventually translates into Manusmriti should be the only law applicable to all. That is the Hindutva view,” said the CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and former party general secretary Prakash Karat.