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The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) recommendation period was closed by the Law Commission of India (LCI) on Friday, and a total of about 80 lakh replies were received. On June 14, the law panel issued a request for comments on the UCC from organizations and the general public. The comment period for one month closed on July 14. It was extended as a result of an "overwhelming response and numerous requests."
Rekha Sharma, the chairwoman of the National Commission for Women (NCW), stated last month that there is an "unambiguous need for the codification of Muslim Personal Law," days after the law panel started engaging organizations and soliciting public comment on the UCC. She emphasized the necessity of reviewing the guardianship and marriage laws.Â
The Government of India's Ministry of Law & Justice, and Department of Legal Affairs created the LCI as a non-statutory organization with a specific mandate to do legal research. In accordance with its mandate, the Commission submits Reports to the Government with recommendations.
Describe UCC.
A collection of rules that apply to all people, regardless of religion, and that regulate personal concerns like marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, and succession is known as a uniform civil code. Its goal is to replace the several personal laws in force today that vary according to religious convictions.
A Uniform Civil Code has drawn criticism from some religious groups who worry about its "lack of transparency" and see it as a possible "threat to diversity." The communities' objections have brought the code's potential "imposition of uniformity" on the nation's diverse population to a head.
An ex-secretary of the Federation of the Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India (FPZAI) and a former trustee of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat addressed a letter to the LCI warning against any interference with personal laws as it would disrupt the generations-old way of life.
