Law College Dehradun organized a Seminar on 'Uniform Civil Code’ on 12 August 2023, in collaboration with Adhivakta Parishad, Dehradun. Mr. Vikramjit Banerjee, Additional Solicitor General of India and Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court, was present on the occasion as the Chief Guest and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Lokpal Singh, (Retd.) from the Uttarakhand High Court was the Guest of Honor.
In his welcome address, the Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of Law College Dehradun, Prof. Rajesh Bahuguna said that we are currently on the threshold of judicial reform where not only the laws which have lost their utility over time, abolition of unnecessary laws and introduction of new laws according to the needs of the society, needs to be created. Justice (Retd) Shri Lokpal Singh said that starting from the Constituent Assembly of India and in support of Articles 12, 14, 21, the implementation of Uniform Civil Code by the state of Uttarakhand is a good example first to protect the rights of women. He gave priority to the rights of women over different religions, sects and personal laws.
The Chief Speaker of the program and the Additional Solicitor General of India said that even after 75 years of independence, the debate on Uniform Civil Code is shameful and protection of women's rights is necessary for the creation of New India. He further said that we should also take care of the five thousand years old customs and traditions so that the acceptance of Uniform Civil Code can be made among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well. Along with this, he also discussed some precautions and their solutions before implementing it.
Vote of thanks was presented by Advocate Prashant Singhal, President of Adhivakta Parishad, Dehradun. The program was coordinated by the Corporate Resource Center of the University and the Training and Recruitment Division of the Law College Dehradun. Whereas Advocate Nitin Vashisht and Laxmi Gusain conducted the programme.
