AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the Union Civil Code Bill forces Muslims to follow the culture of other religions
Opposition legislators said they are not opposing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill but its provisions need to be examined in detail so that its flaws could be removed before its passage
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Any child born of such a relationship shall be considered legitimate
Legal framework encompassing marriage, divorce, property, inheritance laws does not apply to tribal communities
The bill proposes a common law on marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance for all citizens irrespective of their religion in Uttarakhand, excluding the Scheduled Tribes
The Pushkar Singh Dhami government tabled the Uniform Civil Code Bill in the Uttarakhand Assembly today
The ongoing special four-day session of the assembly began on Monday.
On Sunday, the Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the final draft of the UCC, which proposes uniform civil laws for all communities in the state
A meeting of the House business advisory committee was also held after the day's proceedings, where it was decided to lay the UCC in the form of a legislation in the House and start a debate on it
Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand Assembly session will begin on Monday in Vidhan Bhavan, Dehradun, at 11 am
The state cabinet passed the UCC draft at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his official residence on Sunday
A special four-day session of the assembly has already been convened from February 5-8 to pass a legislation on the UCC
With the assembly session scheduled from the February 5 the government will now place the bill in the house during the session
The UCC will provide a legal framework for a uniform marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance laws for all citizens irrespective of their religion
Uttarakhand had constituted a panel on the Uniform Civil Code under Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai on May 27, 2022
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Dhami says state to enact UCC soon
A statement by the Chief Minister's office on September 23 last year said, "The Uttarakhand government has extended the tenure of the expert committee for the Uniform Civil Code by four months"
The cabinet approved the recommendations in a meeting under the chairmanship of Dhami
A Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for Uttarakhand was one of the major poll promises made by the BJP in the run-up to the state assembly elections held in 2022