India, April 28 -- The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a six-member high-level committee to study and examine the feasibility of implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state, an official order said.

The panel, formed by the department of law and legislative affairs, will hold public hearings, study drafts prepared in Gujarat and Uttarakhand, and submit a well-considered draft bill along with a comprehensive report to the state government within 60 days.

The committee comprises retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prasad Desai, retired IAS officer Shatrughna Singh, advocate Anoop Nair, educationist Gopal Sharma, social activist Bushpal Singh, and General Administration Department secretary Ajay Katesariya.

An order is...