The get together’s prime management held its parliamentary technique group assembly on Saturday. (file)
New Delhi:
Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Legislation and Justice, which is able to meet on July 3 to debate assessment of private legal guidelines, has been supplied with simply the twenty first Legislation Fee’s session paper on ‘Reform of Household Legislation’ which states “formulation of a Uniform Civil Code is neither obligatory nor fascinating at this stage”, Congress sources stated at the moment.
The present Legislation Fee (twenty second) is but to submit its report on Private Legal guidelines (Uniform Civil Code), and the grand previous get together will look ahead to the views of Legislation Fee and Union Legislation Ministry on the topic, they stated.
There isn’t a different report, both of Legislation Fee or of Legislation Ministry, on Uniform Civil Code made out there to the members of the committee, sources stated.
The Committee has invited members from Division of Authorized Affairs, Legislative Division, and the Legislation Fee to hunt their views on ‘Overview of Private Legal guidelines’.
The Congress on Saturday caught to its acknowledged stand on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), saying it’s undesirable at this stage, and famous that it’ll remark additional if a draft invoice or a report on the difficulty comes up.
The get together’s prime management held its parliamentary technique group assembly, the place they mentioned numerous points to be raised through the Monsoon session of Parliament starting July 20.
“When there is a draft and a dialogue, we are going to take part and study what’s proposed. As of now, all we’ve got is regulation fee public discover for responses. The Congress reiterates the assertion as nothing new has occurred,” Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh has stated.
UCC refers to a typical set of legal guidelines which can be relevant to all of the residents of India and isn’t primarily based on faith in coping with marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption, amongst different private issues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lately raised the pitch on the difficulty with a robust push for a Common Civil Code, asking how can the nation operate with twin legal guidelines that govern private issues, and accused the Opposition of utilizing the UCC challenge to “mislead and provoke” the Muslim neighborhood.