The Latest Breaking News from the Law Commission

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “one nation, one law” earlier this week, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPB) held an emergency meeting Tuesday night to oppose the government’s plan to usher in the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

Amid a clamour for repeal of the law on sedition, Law Commission chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on June 27 said the present situation from Kashmir to Kerala and Punjab to the North-East makes it must to retain the law to safeguard the “unity and integrity of India”. Defending the…

A day after the Law Commission solicited views and ideas of people and recognized religious organizations about the Uniform Civil Code, the Congress slammed the government over the move saying it represents the ruling BJP-led coalition's "desperation for a legitimate justification of its continuing agenda of diversion from its glaring…

Cong General Secy Jairam Ramesh said it is strange that the Law Commission is seeking a fresh reference when it acknowledges that 21st Law Commission had published a consultation paper on the subject in 2018. Read further on Dynamite News:

Congress questions the Modi government after the Law Commission announced its intention to examine the Uniform Civil Code on June 14. Read more on The Hindu

Parties could depoliticise the debate by asking the Law Commission to develop a discussion document and a bill and have a special select committee with all parties represented to hear the submissions, writes Lianne Dalziel

The real issue is that the law of sedition contained in Section 124A of the IPC is unconstitutional

As New Zealand reviews its surrogacy and adoption laws, Dr Anne Else argues that fertility is another area where we are falling short.

The commission had recommended enhancing the jail term in sedition cases from a minimum of three years to seven years