Mumbai, July 10 -- Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar underscored that the formation of the seven-member panel to draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) rules fulfils a commitment previously made to the House by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The goal is to seek everyone's opinion and present the UCC bill for formal discussion during the upcoming winter session in December.

Spekaing to ANI, Shelar notified that the expert panel is charged with the technical responsibility of drafting the proposed law.

"During the last session, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis clarified and informed the House that a committee of experts would be constituted to draft the Uniform Civil Code law for Maharashtra. Today, a 7-member committee has been formed, chair...