Overview
- Assam constituted an eight-member committee on Friday, Oct. 30, giving it one month to prepare rules to implement the state’s UCC bill and to submit the draft to the Political (A) department.
- The panel is chaired by Deba Prasad Misra and includes senior officials from home, finance, legislative and minority welfare departments as well as the director of prosecution and the registration office.
- News reports say the Assam bill has received presidential assent, a step that would allow the state to finalise rules and begin enforcement once the draft regulations are approved.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah used an Oct. 30 party meeting to pledge that the BJP would implement UCC in Uttar Pradesh if re-elected, reflecting party plans to extend state-level UCC frameworks across NDA-ruled states by 2029.
- State UCC drafts repeatedly propose bans on polygamy, gender-equal inheritance, and live-in relationship registration while carving out exemptions for Scheduled Tribes, and the rollout has prompted calls from opposition and minority groups for wider consultation and legal scrutiny.