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#SupremeCourt hears plea seeking Uniform grounds of Divorce for all citizens of India.

The plea has been filed by @AshwiniUpadhyay and is being heard by a bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud.

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Ashwini Upadhyay: Total 17 items and 4 categories. It would be better if they're listed seperately on different dates.

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CJI DY Chandrachud: Instead of us directing the law commission to prepare a report, we can just give you liberty to approach the law commission.

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Union: Law Commission has already made a report on this. Second, primary question that your lordships have to ask if he is actually asking the court to frame legislation. The question is can the court ask the legislature to frame laws?

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CJI DY Chandrachud: We'll pass it over.

Upadhyay: Before that bench, Gopal someone is appearing.

CJI DY Chandrachud: He's not Gopal "somebody", he's Mr Gopal Sankarnarayanan. There's a manner of addressing. Even if he is your buddy, you're a lawyer here.

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CJI DY Chandrachud led bench dismissed plea seeking uniform grounds of divorce.

CJI DY Chandrachud: The intervention in these batch of cases can only be through Parliament. Entertaining this would mean directing enactment of law to parliament.

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