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UCC implemented in Uttarakhand: Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in Uttarakhand from today. This will change a lot in the state. In which it is mandatory to register the marriage. For this, there will be facility of registration at Gram Sabha level. Also, the same law of divorce will apply to every person irrespective of caste, religion or creed.
UCC will apply to these changes
– After the implementation of UCC, marriage registration will become mandatory. Registration facility will also be available at every Gram Sabha level.
– Divorce will be the same law for any person irrespective of caste, religion or creed. At present, people of every religion in the country settle these matters through their personal laws.
Apart from this, polygamy will be banned in the state. Also, the age of marriage of girls will be the same irrespective of caste and religion. That means the marriageable age of the girl will be 18 years.
– After the implementation of UCC, children of all religions will have the right to adopt. However, a child of another religion cannot be adopted.
– After the implementation of UCC, practices like Halala will also stop in Uttarakhand. Girls will get equal share in inheritance as boys.
-After the implementation of UCC in Uttarakhand, registration of live-in relationship will become mandatory for couples. If the couple is between 18 and 21 years of age, they will also have to give their parents’ consent during registration. Also under the UCC, if a child is born during a live-in relationship, the child born will have the same rights as a child of a married couple.
– At present Scheduled Tribes are completely excluded from the rules and laws of the Uniform Civil Code.
Apart from this, religious matters like transgender and worship traditions are also not tampered with.
Announced to implement UCC in 2022
The implementation of UCC in Uttarakhand was one of the major promises made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the 2022 assembly elections. The UCC proposal was approved in the first cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami after assuming power in March and an expert committee was sanctioned to draft it.
This committee was formed about two and a half years ago
An expert committee was constituted under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai on May 27, 2022, which, based on discussions of almost duration with various departments, submitted its detailed report in four volumes to the state government on February 2, 2024. . A Year and a Half. The UCC Bill was passed in a special session of the state legislature on February 7, 2024 and a month later, on March 12, 2024, the President also gave his assent.
Uttarakhand will be the first state to implement UCC
After the implementation of the UCC Act, a committee headed by former Chief Secretary Shatrughan Singh drafted rules for its implementation, which were also approved by the state cabinet recently. On Monday, Uttarakhand will become the first state in India to implement UCC. Many states of the country including Assam have expressed their desire to adopt the UCC Act of Uttarakhand as a model. Uttarakhand UCC will regulate marriage, divorce, inheritance, live-in relationships and other related matters.
