Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Uttarakhand Government is likely to hold a special session of the state Assembly to table the uniform civil code (UCC) Bill, A draft was prepared by a committee led by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Desai, which was set up by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami soon after the BJP formed the government in the state in March 2022.
According to sources, a complete ban on polygamy while including a provision for live-in couples to register their relationship has been proposed. A provision calling for equal inheritance rights for both son and daughter have also been proposed, they said. It does not, however, raising the marriageable age of women to 21.
The UCC refers to a common set of laws that are applicable to all citizens of India and is not based on religion in dealing with marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption, among other personal matters.
The BJP had made UCC implementation in Uttarakhand a poll plank during the Assembly elections last year.
The expert panel, whose tenure was extended for the third time recently till December 2023, has taken opinions from 2.33 lakh people and different organisations, institutions and tribal groups before preparing the draft.
