RAIPUR, April 15 -- The Chhattisgarh cabinet on Wednesday decided to constitute a committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to prepare a report for the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the state government said in a statement.

Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, who chaired the cabinet meeting that decided to appoint the committee, has been authorised to nominate the panel members, it said.

The government said issues such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption, maintenance and family disputes in the state were currently governed by different personal laws based on religion.

The existence of multiple personal laws leads to inequality in legal processes and makes the justice system more complex,...