Dehradun: In a major improvement, the Uttarakhand Legislative Meeting on Wednesday unanimously handed the landmark Uniform Civil Code Invoice. The invoice was handed amid chanting of “Jai Shri Ram” slogans on the third day of the particular session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Meeting throughout which a number of Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) leaders, together with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, strongly supported the invoice.
With this, Uttarakhand has turn into the primary state within the nation to implement the Uniform Civil Code. The Invoice will now awaits Governor Gurmit Singh’s nod to turn into legislation in Uttarakhand.
The Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024 Invoice, launched by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami-led state authorities, handed within the Home.
After passing the UCC Invoice within the Meeting, Uttarakhand has turn into the primary state within the nation to implement the Uniform Civil Code. pic.twitter.com/LKx8gTLr5w
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The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Invoice, proposing uniform legal guidelines for marriage, divorce, land, property, and inheritance in Uttarakhand, was launched within the Uttarakhand Meeting on Tuesday by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, thus fulfilling a promise made forward of the 2022 meeting elections.
CM Dhami credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offering steerage and inspiration. “With the steerage and inspiration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the moment, we’re going to fulfil a promise that we made to the individuals of the state earlier than the 2022 meeting elections to convey a Uniform Civil Code within the state,” CM Dhami stated.
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“Our authorities, taking all sections of the society together with full duty, at the moment offered the Uniform Civil Code Invoice within the Meeting. The historic second is close to for Devbhoomi when Uttarakhand will turn into a powerful pillar of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’,” he added.
Uttarakhand Minister Prem Chand Aggarwal stated the UCC Committee carried out an exhaustive course of, holding 72 conferences and receiving strategies from over 2,72,000 people by emails and WhatsApp. Assist for the UCC Invoice was voiced by varied members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP).
Uniform Civil Code: Know Extra
The invoice accommodates the legal guidelines referring to marriage, divorce, succession, live-in relationships, and associated issues. Among the many many proposals, the Uniform Civil Code Invoice makes it obligatory for live-in relationships to be registered below the legislation. As soon as the proposed UCC Invoice is in place, “live-in relationships” should get registered below the legislation inside 1 month from the “date of getting into into the connection”.
To reside in a live-in relationship, adults should get hold of consent from their mother and father. The invoice additionally imposes an entire ban on baby marriage and introduces a uniform course of for divorce. The Code gives equal rights to girls of all religions of their ancestral property.
As per the UCC Invoice, the age for marriage shall be 18 for ladies and 21 for males in all communities. Marriage registration is obligatory in all religions and marriages with out registration shall be invalid. No divorce petition shall be allowed to be filed after one yr of marriage.
Highlighting the ceremonies for marriage, the proposed UCC Invoice famous that marriage could also be solemnised or contracted between a person and a girl in accordance with spiritual beliefs, practices, customary rites and ceremonies, together with however not restricted to “Saptapadt”, “Ashirvad”, “Nikah”, “Holy Union,” and “Anand Karaj” below the Anand Marriage Act 1909, in addition to below, however not restricted to, The Particular Marriage Act, 1954 and the Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937.
Nevertheless, nothing contained within the proposed UCC Invoice shall be utilized to the members of any Scheduled Tribes inside the that means of clause (25) of Article 366 learn with Article 342 of the Structure of India and the individuals and group of individuals whose customary rights are protected below Half XXI of the Structure of India.
