No Need For Uniform Civil Code Now, Says Law Panel

‘A unified nation does not necessarily need to have uniformity’ 

- Krishnadas Rajagopal

The Law Commission of India on Friday said a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage.” In an 185­-page consultation  paper, the Commission said secularism cannot contradict the plurality prevalent in the country. The Commission, led by former Supreme Court judge B.S. Chauhan, said, “Cultural diversity cannot be compromised to the extent that our urge for uniformity itself becomes a reason for threat to the territorial  integrity of the nation.”