Maharashtra govt '100% positive' on Uniformal Civil Code, panel drafts bill
The Maharashtra government is "100 per cent positive" about implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam
The Maharashtra government is "100 per cent positive" about implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, Minister of State for Home Yogesh Kadam told the legislative assembly on Tuesday. He said a committee headed by a retired High Court judge has already been formed to prepare the draft bill. The issue came up during a calling attention motion raised by BJP MLA Devyani Farande on cases involving Muslim women facing triple talaq. The discussion saw noisy scenes and repeated interruptions, with members engaging in heated exchanges over triple talaq and polygamy. Read Full Story Farande said three Muslim women had approached her for help over the past one and a half months.
"Police registered cases against the accused, but the women haven't received full justice. One woman was threatened with the circulation of obscene videos, while another woman's husband had tried to attack her," she said. Replying to her, Kadam said such complaints were not limited to Nashik and had emerged from across Maharashtra. He said, "A total of 42 such complaints received in 2024 were found to be genuine. (Legal) Action had been taken against 137 accused. 95 people had been arrested in 2025." On the proposed law, he said, "A committee, headed by a retired High Court judge, has already been constituted for preparing the draft of the Uniform Civil Code bill.
The committee is working on it." Referring to Uttarakhand's law, he said it had completely prohibited polygamy and provided for imprisonment of up to seven years. NCP MLA Sana Malik said atrocities against women should not be seen only through the prism of religion and asked whether such incidents happened only to Muslim women. The Uniform Civil Code seeks to frame personal laws that apply equally to all citizens, regardless of religion. At present, matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption are governed by separate religious scriptures and personal laws. Uttarakhand became the first state to implement a common legal framework for marriage, divorce and property inheritance, and made the registration of live-in relationships mandatory.
The assemblies in Gujarat and Assam have passed UCC bills, while Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said a UCC bill will be introduced in the assembly's monsoon session next month. In the House on Tuesday, the Maharashtra government said it was moving ahead with its own draft while members debated triple talaq, polygamy and the wider question of women's rights. Ends
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