NationalSaturday, 25 July 2026·The Hindu - National
Chhattisgarh to table UCC Bill in Winter Session after five-member committee review
Chhattisgarh will table a Uniform Civil Code Bill in the Winter Session after a five-member committee headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.
Key highlights
Direct fact
On July 24, 2026, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said the State would table a Uniform Civil Code Bill in the upcoming Winter Session of the Assembly after starting the implementation process with a five-member committee headed by Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai.
Key specifics
- The UCC Bill will be tabled in the Chhattisgarh Winter Session of 2026.
- The implementation process began nearly one month earlier with a five-member committee.
- The committee is headed by Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai.
- Other committee members include retired IAS officers Shatrughan Singh and MK Raut, senior advocate Mohan Pawar, and former principal Jyoti Rani Singh.
- The committee is examining marriage, divorce, maintenance, inheritance and adoption under the proposed UCC framework.
Exam lens
Question type: polity and law, Uniform Civil Code, committee composition, state legislative process. TNPSC one-liner: Chhattisgarh announced in July 2026 that its Winter Session would see a UCC Bill, with a five-member committee led by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai studying personal-law issues.