In the contemporary discourse on the uniform civil code and family law reforms, an examination of the 21st Law Commission of India’s consultation paper on family law reform, published in 2018, becomes imperative. Although the LCI’s 2018 paper had progressive recommendations on some issues, particularly in foregrounding that the UCC was neither feasible nor desirable in the current context, it cannot be considered as a radical or futuristic document. It is hoped that the shortcomings in the 2018 consultation paper and the legal developments since then will inform and shape the 22nd LCI in its forthcoming report of 2023–24.