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Decoded: Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code Bill covers live-in relationships

Legal framework encompassing marriage, divorce, property, inheritance laws does not apply to tribal communities

UCC bill tabled in U'khand Assembly, live-in relationships to be registered

The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday tabled the Uniform Civil Code bill in the state assembly, which when passed will be the first such legislation to be implemented in any state after Independence. 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 bill stipulates registration of live-in relationships in the state and imprisonment of three months for failure to do so within a month. Any child born out of such a relationship will be considered legitimate. The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) of Uttarakhand, 2024 bill was tabled in the House by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who in a symbolic gesture, entered the assembly with a copy of the original Constitution. Treasury benches welcomed the tabling of the bill with thumping of desks and chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai", "Vande Mataram" and "Jai Shri Ram". The original list of business for the day said t

'Not against Uniform Civil Code': Congress on UCC in Uttarakhand Assembly

The Pushkar Singh Dhami government tabled the Uniform Civil Code Bill in the Uttarakhand Assembly today

Uttarakhand CM Dhami tables Bill on Uniform Civil Code in state Assembly

The ongoing special four-day session of the assembly began on Monday.

UCC bill in U'khand assembly today, CM Dhami calls it 'moment of pride'

On Sunday, the Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the final draft of the UCC, which proposes uniform civil laws for all communities in the state

Uttarakhand special Assembly session on Uniform Civil Code begins

A session of the Uttarakhand Assembly convened especially to bring a legislation on the Uniform Civil Code began here on Monday. Before the start of the session, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be "for the good of all sections" and there is no need to worry as he urged members of other parties to debate the bill in the House in a positive manner. It will help realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas, Sab ka Prayas, Sab ka Vishwas' and 'Ek Bharat, Sreshtha Bharat', he told reporters. "Not only Uttarakhand but the entire country was waiting for the UCC. The wait is coming to an end on Tuesday when it will be tabled in the state assembly. The whole country will be watching how the bill is brought in the House here and passed," Dhami said. The UCC will be presented in the House on Tuesday, followed by a debate on it. On the first day of the session, tributes were paid to sitting and former MLAs who passed aw

In consultation with Law Commission: Arjun Meghwal on Uniform Civil Code

Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand Assembly session will begin on Monday in Vidhan Bhavan, Dehradun, at 11 am

UCC draft gets Uttarakhand Cabinet nod on eve of special Assembly session

The final draft of the Uniform Civil Code was approved by the Uttarakhand Cabinet here, paving the way for its tabling in the state Assembly whose special four-day session begins here on Monday. The Cabinet passed the UCC draft at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his official residence on Sunday. The final draft of the UCC running into 740 pages in four volumes was submitted to Dhami here on Friday by a five-member panel headed by retired judge of the Supreme Court Ranjana Prakash Desai. The special session of the Assembly has been convened especially to pass the legislation on the UCC. The approval by the state cabinet was necessary for its introduction in the House.

Uttarakhand approves new film policy to increase subsidy for local films

Film subsidies are a form of government intervention that provides financial support to filmmakers, production companies, and studios

Ban on polygamy, child marriage among recommendations of U'khand UCC draft

A complete ban on polygamy and child marriage, a common marriageable age for girls across all faiths and enforcing similar grounds and procedures for divorce are understood to be among the major recommendations of a panel which drafted a Uniform Civil Code for Uttarakhand. The five-member government-appointed panel, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, Friday submitted the four-volume report running into 749 pages to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who said the draft will be examined, studied and discussed before it is tabled in the assembly on February 6. A special four-day session of the assembly has been convened from February 5-8 to pass a legislation on the UCC. Sources said the panel has also recommended that boys and girls will have equal inheritance rights, registration of marriages will be made mandatory and the marriageable age for girls would be increased so that they can become graduates before marriage. Couples whose marriages ar

UCC panel submits voluminous report to Uttarakhand chief minister

A government-appointed panel to prepare a draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on Friday submitted a voluminous document to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who said the "long-awaited moment has arrived". The draft will be examined, studied and discussed before it is tabled in the assembly, he said. A special four-day session of the assembly has already been convened from February 5-8 to pass a legislation on the UCC. The draft in four volumes containing 740 pages was handed over to Dhami by the five-member committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai. All the panel members came to the chief minister's residence to submit the draft. Apart from Desai, other members of the panel are retired chief justice of Sikkim High Court Pramod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, former Uttarakhand chief secretary Shatrughan Singh and Vice Chancellor of Doon University Surekha Dangwal. On receiving the draft, Dhami said, "It is yet another step towards the

UCC committee submits draft to Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

With the assembly session scheduled from the February 5 the government will now place the bill in the house during the session

U'khand UCC: Draft to be submitted on Fri, special session for legislation

The Uttarakhand government-appointed panel to prepare a draft of the Uniform Civil Code will submit the document to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami here on Friday. A special four-day session of the Uttarakhand Assembly has already been convened from February 5-8 to pass a legislation on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The draft will be discussed in a meeting of the state Cabinet before it is tabled in the form of a Bill in the Assembly. Passing a legislation on the UCC will fulfil a major promise made by the BJP to the people of the state in the run-up to the 2022 Assembly polls, which saw the saffron party storm to power with a landslide victory for the second consecutive term - a feat achieved for the first time by any political party in the state which came into being in 2000. The second consecutive electoral win was interpreted by the BJP as the people's mandate for a UCC and the Dhami government decided at the very first meeting of the state Cabinet in March, 2022 to constitu

India home to 718 snow leopards, Ladakh highest with 477: Report

The highest number of snow leopards were recorded in Ladakh (477), followed by Uttarakhand (124), Himachal Pradesh (51), Arunachal Pradesh (36), Sikkim (21), and Jammu and Kashmir (9)

Uttarakhand govt to present Uniform Civil Code Bill in Assembly on Feb 6

Uttarakhand had constituted a panel on the Uniform Civil Code under Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai on May 27, 2022

Citizenship Amendment Act across India in 7 days, says Union minister

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Dhami says state to enact UCC soon

Kharge to launch Uttarakhand's Congress poll campaign from Dehradun

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will arrive here on Sunday to address a public meeting and launch the party's campaign in the state for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. "He is going all over the country. We are grateful that he has chosen Uttarakhand to give his call for a change," senior party leader and former chief minister Harish Rawat said. "Justice is what Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra is all about. The party president's programme is a part of it," he said. "All sections of society are asking for justice, be it women, unemployed youths or farmers." Kharge's meeting will be held in the Bannu School ground in the Race Course area. The party had sought the district administration's permission to hold the public meeting on the Parade ground but it was not allowed as the venue has been renovated as part of the Dehradun Smart City project and no major public programmes are being held to protect it. The Congress alleged that it was the BJP government's conspiracy to sabotage the party's

OBC reservation commission submits report to CM Dhami at his residence

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that the tenure of the expert committee preparing the draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for the state has been extended by 15 days

Tenure of UCC draft committee extended by another 15 days: Uttarakhand CM

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"

Uttarakhand CM along with his cabinet slated to visit Ayodhya on Feb 2

Meanwhile, Ayodhya continued to witness the huge gathering of devotees visiting the Ram Temple