CM Dhami introduces UCC bill in Uttarakhand Assembly
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami presented the Uniform Civil Code-UCC Bill on the table today on 6th February, the second day of the assembly session. Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country to implement UCC after the country’s independence. CM Dhami has announced that the government will make a law on UCC soon.
Ruling party MLAs also raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Vande Mataram. Issues like self-declaration for live-in residents, equal rights of women in property, mandatory marriage registration etc. have been included in Uttarakhand UCC.
विधानसभा में ऐतिहासिक "समान नागरिक संहिता विधेयक" पेश किया। #UCCInUttarakhand pic.twitter.com/uJS1abmeo7
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) February 6, 2024
CM Dhami said that the time has come to fulfill the promise made to the people of Uttarakhand. He said that UCC will soon be implemented in Uttarakhand as a law. CM Dhami had announced the implementation of UCC in the assembly elections.
UCC’s main recommendation
As per reports these are the main recommendations in the UCC:
- Age of marriage – Girls will not be able to get married before 18 years of age.
- 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 – No second marriage can 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.
