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Maharashtra UCC Panel Discord: Justice Chavan Resigns, Former IAS Officer Appointed Senior Advisor.
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News18•24-09-2026, 09:02
Maharashtra UCC Panel Discord: Justice Chavan Resigns, Former IAS Officer Appointed Senior Advisor.
- •Internal strife within Maharashtra's UCC panel revealed after Justice R.C. Chavan's resignation.
- •Justice Chavan objected to the unofficial presence of former IAS officer Shatrughna Singh at a meeting.
- •Shatrughna Singh has now been appointed as a 'member and senior advisor' to the committee.
- •Justice Chavan questioned Singh's authority to attend and direct meetings as he was not a panel member.
- •The government formally appointed Singh 48 hours after the resignation in an attempt to control the damage.
Key Questions Answered
Justice R.C. Chavan resigned following disagreements over rules after retired bureaucrat Shatrughna Singh unexpectedly attended the committee's second meeting as an outsider without prior notification.
Two days after the resignation, the Maharashtra government formally appointed retired IAS officer Shatrughna Singh as a member and senior advisor to the committee.
The seven-member high-level committee tasked with drafting Maharashtra's Uniform Civil Code is chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Desai.
