West Bengal Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill to Establish Common Personal Laws

Key facts

• The West Bengal government is likely to introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the State Assembly to establish a common set of personal laws for all communities.
• The UCC Bill includes provisions to ban polygamy, mandate the registration of live-in relationships, and ensure gender-equal inheritance rights while exempting Scheduled Tribes (ST).
• West Bengal follows Gujarat, Uttarakhand, and Assam in proposing this legislation, with the draft likely modelled on the version passed by Assam.
• The West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-social Activities Bill, 2026, will also be introduced to allow preventive detention of offenders for up to 12 months.
• The public safety bill empowers a District Magistrate (DM), a Commissioner of Police (CP), or a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) to issue externment orders for up to one year.