Overview
- A high‑level committee chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai held broad stakeholder sessions in Bhopal on Monday and says it has received thousands of public submissions to shape a state UCC.
- The committee has invited statutory bodies and departments to give technical input, including the Women’s Commission, Children’s Commission, Backward Classes and SC/minorities panels and the Home Department to assess law‑and‑order implications.
- Only the BJP and the CPI(M) attended the scheduled political‑party slot; several major opposition parties including Congress, BSP, AAP and NCP did not participate in that session.
- BJP officials submitted detailed reform proposals that include compulsory marriage registration, closer oversight of NRI marriages, equal property rights for women, uniform adoption rules, a national digital marriage/divorce portal and fast‑track family dispute resolution.
- The committee will finalise a report for review by a secretaries’ panel led by Chief Secretary Anurag Jain and then the Cabinet under Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, with the government targeting the Assembly session beginning July 20 to table a UCC bill if internal clearance is obtained.