Overview
- The Mahayuti government has released a public questionnaire inviting suggestions on a Uniform Civil Code in Maharashtra, and the consultation is currently active and contested.
- AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi and other opposition figures say the questionnaire is biased and amounts to a 'Hindu Civil Code' aimed at restricting Muslim personal laws.
- Retired Bombay High Court judge R C Chavan resigned from the exercise and has been cited as saying the panel lacked minority community representation.
- Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defended the move as consistent with the Constitution’s Directive Principles and accused the Opposition of trying to provoke street protests.
- Separately, Fadnavis said the Mumbai Police SIT submitted its report on the Disha Salian case finding no suspicious elements and that a court has asked the CBI to investigate further, making that probe a developing parallel issue.