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Board of India Today Experts on UCC | A code that divides

The Board of India Today Experts agrees on the need for a coherent civil code but want equality and justice, not uniformity, as its driving principle

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Top row: Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court. Argued for PIL to direct Union govt to frame a UCC | Hasina Khan, Founder, Bebaak Collective. Sent extensive recommendations on UCC to 22nd Law Commission | Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court. Founder, Human Rights Law Network  Bottom row: Saumya Saxena, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge. Former consultant, 21st Law Commission | Flavia Agnes, Women’s rights activist and lawyer. Specialises in marital, divorce and property law | Asaduddin Owaisi, President, AIMIM; Member, AIMPLB
Top row: Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court. Argued for PIL to direct Union govt to frame a UCC | Hasina Khan, Founder, Bebaak Collective. Sent extensive recommendations on UCC to 22nd Law Commission | Colin Gonsalves, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court. Founder, Human Rights Law Network Bottom row: Saumya Saxena, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge. Former consultant, 21st Law Commission | Flavia Agnes, Women’s rights activist and lawyer. Specialises in marital, divorce and property law | Asaduddin Owaisi, President, AIMIM; Member, AIMPLB

Q. Does India need a Uniform Civil Code? If so, why?