SC seeks government’s reply on pleas for uniform law on key issues

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to make its stand clear on the issue of religion-neutral uniform law for marriage age, divorce, maintenance and alimony, adoption and guardianship, and succession and inheritance, which are different aspects of the Uniform Civil Code.
A bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat granted three weeks to the government to file a “comprehensive response” on the issue and also brief the court on whether it intends to introduce any bill in Parliament in the near future. It asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on the judicial process in deciding such cases and whether the court can pass direction to frame law.