India, June 23 -- The Rajasthan government has constituted a committee under former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to prepare the draft legislation as part of the process to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), or a common set of laws for personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and succession for all.

State minister Jawahar Singh Bedham said the Justice (retd) Desai-led panel will hold public consultations at the divisional level and seek suggestions through a website to ensure the proposed legislation is inclusive and transparent. Tribal communities would be kept out of the purview of the proposed framework.

Rajasthan has become the fifth Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state to initiate the process for ...