7 Feb 2024 1:03 PM GMT
The Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 Bill.
With this, Uttarakhand became the first State in the country to pass a law on Uniform Civil Code.
The bill was tabled before the Assembly today two days after the Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the final draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
Earlier, in 2022, a committee was formed by the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led State Government to prepare the draft of the UCC. The committee consisted of a five-member panel headed by retired judge of the Supreme Court Ranjana Prakash Desai.
The other members of the committee included former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Permod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, retired IAS officer Shatrughan Singh, and Doon University Vice-Chancellor Surekha Dangwal.
Recently, the committee submitted a final draft of UCC was submitted to Chief Minister Dhami.
Some of the aspects of the Bill include Mandatory registration of Live-In relations, conditions for a Contract marriage, a Ban on Halala, Iddat and Polygamy, similar inheritance rights for men and women, etc.
More details about the bill here Uttarakhand UCC Bill Mandates Registration Of Live-In Relationship Within One Month Of Entering Into Relationship
Though Goa state is governed by a UCC (Portuguese Civil Code), the state assembly did not pass any law on the subject, and rather, after its liberation in 1961, Goa retained this Code.