Uttarakhand UCC-The State Cabinet has also approved the report of the Expert Committee on Uniform Civil Code.
With this, the way has been cleared to present it in the Assembly in the form of a bill.
For the second time within 24 hours, a cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday evening to approve the Uniform Civil Code.
A special presentation on the Uniform Civil Code was given before the ministers in the meeting held at the CM residence.
In which the background of the report, major recommendations and its impact were explained in detail. After a meeting that lasted for about an hour, the Cabinet approved the bill based on the report and gave the green signal to present it in the Assembly.
Now the bill is set to be presented in the Assembly on Tuesday. After this, it can be implemented in Uttarakhand as a law before the Lok Sabha elections.
In Sunday’s cabinet, only Uniform Civil Code was on the agenda, the meeting was also organized in a hurry.
Earlier last week, on February 2, the expert committee had submitted its much-awaited report in four volumes to the government. Congress has demanded extension of the duration of the assembly session.
Leader of Opposition Yashpal Arya said that there should be a detailed discussion on UCC.
The entire report is unanimously accepted.
According to sources, the Cabinet has accepted the report of the expert committee in its entirety. That is, all the recommendations of the committee have been accepted exactly without any modification.
The committee has given its opinion completely on all subjects related to civil laws. Although the complete report has not been released yet, the complete recommendations will be revealed only after it is presented in the Assembly.
UCC’s main recommendation
Age of marriage – Girls will not be able to get married before 18 years.
Registration – Everyone will have to do mandatory marriage registration.
Divorce on equal grounds – Husband and wife will be able to divorce on equal grounds.
Prohibition on polygamy – Second marriage cannot take place while one spouse is alive.
Inheritance – Girls will have equal rights as boys in inheritance.
Live in – Declaration of live in relationship will be necessary. This will be like a self-declaration.
Tribes – Scheduled Tribe people will remain outside the ambit of UCC.