Uttarakhand: UCC drafting panel's tenure extended by another four months

Updated: Sep 23 2023 12:45PM

Dehradun, Sept 23 (PTI) The tenure of the committee to draft a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for Uttarakhand has been extended by four months, according to an official order.

This was the third extension given to the panel whose tenure was to end on September 27. The order extending the committee's tenure by four months was issued by Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi on Friday.

The panel, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, was constituted on May 27, 2022. It was to submit a draft UCC to the state government by the end of June this year.

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