⁠Gujarat UCC expert committee submits report and bill today

4 minute learnnew delhiUp to date: March 17, 2026 06:36 AM (IST)

A five-member professional committee arrange by the Gujarat authorities in February 2025 to evaluate the necessity for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will submit its report together with the invoice on Tuesday, officers mentioned.

The invoice accommodates provisions just like Uttarakhand’s UCC legislation and is more likely to be tabled within the ongoing funds session of the state meeting beginning February 16. If handed, Gujarat will develop into the second state after Uttarakhand to go the legislation, and authorities officers have maintained that its underlying theme is gender equality.

The professional committee headed by former Supreme Courtroom decide Justice Ranjana Desai, who additionally headed a committee in Uttarakhand, is more likely to hand over its report back to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Ahmedabad.

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