The draft of the Uniform Civil Code Bill was submitted to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence today, 02 February.
After being elected as Chief Minister for the second time, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami assured that he will implement Uniform Civil Code in the state. During his first cabinet meeting on March 23, 2022, he promised to implement the UCC.
5 member committee
Subsequently, the state government constituted a 5-member expert committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai on May 27, 2022 regarding the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. Along with her, Pramod Kohli, Delhi High Court Judge; Shatrughan Singh, former Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand; Surekha Dangwal,Vice-Chancellor of Doon University and social activist Manu Kaur are also in the committee.
This committee studied various laws and regulations to implement UCC to Uttarakhand residents. This committee and other two sub committees involved in taking the public opinion throughout the state. A web portal is also launched for people to suggest their opinion on UCC. After hearing all these opinions from the people and several meetings with the officials they prepared this draft.
Finally they met and presented its final report to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami today. The CM shared in his Social media that the UCC will be tabled in the Uttarakhand state assembly on February 6.
What is UCC?
Uniform Civil Code replaces the personnel laws based on religion, customs and traditions and provides the same law to all citizens regardless of religion in matters including marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption. BJP’s main policy is to implement this law across the country but many opposition parties oppose this UCC.
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