A single-judge bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court has allowed a petition on behalf of prospective candidates in the forthcoming three Panchayat elections, praying for police.
Feminists movements first welcomed the idea of a Uniform Civil Code. But as right-wingers hijacked the proposal, they retracted and called for reforms in personal laws instead
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The CJI said that a committee chaired by Calcutta HC judge Moushumi Bhattacharya will also formulate gender-sensitive phrasing to set the standard for judges, lawyers and petitioners, so women are not casually referred to or spoken of in terms that are derogatory.