UCC refers to a standard set of legal guidelines which might be relevant to all of the residents of India
New Delhi:
The Uttarakhand Meeting will take up the ultimate draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) right now, days after it was accepted by the state cupboard.
UCC refers to a standard set of legal guidelines which might be relevant to all of the residents of India and isn’t primarily based on faith in coping with marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption, amongst different private issues.
If the invoice is handed and the regulation will get carried out, Uttarakhand will change into the primary state within the nation after Independence to undertake the Uniform Civil Code, with a number of different BJP-ruled states – together with Assam and Madhya Pradesh – expressing curiosity in bringing in an identical regulation. Goa has had a standard civil code because it was underneath Portuguese rule.
Within the draft invoice that Uttarakhand will current within the meeting, the federal government seeks an entire ban on polygamy, sources mentioned. There’s a additionally a provision for live-in {couples} to register their relationship.
The sources mentioned the suggestions additionally say that everybody will get adoption rights. Sources additionally mentioned that the invoice, if cleared, will instate equal inheritance rights for each the son and daughter.
In June final 12 months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a giant push for a Uniform Civil Code and mentioned the nation could not run on two legal guidelines, very similar to it did not work to have “completely different algorithm for various members of a household”.
The draft was ready earlier this 12 months by a committee arrange by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The committee labored with a cross-section of residents and spoke to greater than 2 lakh individuals and key stakeholders.
A Uniform Civil Code for Uttarakhand was a significant election promise by Mr Dhami within the 2022 meeting polls.
The Chief Minister hopes that many states would comply with the instance of Uttarakhand and use the template offered by the state to implement the UCC.