Uttarakhand CM Dhami receives UCC final draft; laws to focus on marriage, live-in relations, other sections
UCC implementation in the state, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced on Friday that the Uniform Civil Code draft comprises four key sections that are marriage, marriage separation, live-in relationships, and birth and death registration.
«Today, we have received the draft of rules. It comprises of four sections — marriage, marriage separation, live-in relationship and birth and death registration,» the chief minister said in a press conference.
The committee, led by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and Chaired by Shatrughan Singh, constituted to help implement UCC in the state submitted its final draft to the government on Friday.
«We formed a committee under the leadership of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. The committee submitted its report after which, on February 6, the bill was proposed in the Legislative Assembly… The bill was passed in the assembly on February 7, after which it was sent to the President for her approval, and on March 12, the bill became an act… Shatrughan Singh and his team were tasked with the formation of the manual of this act, which they submitted to us today,» he further said, addressing the media.
«The committee has completed its work and handed it over to the state government. The rest of the work lies in the hands of the state government… Our work is done,» UCC Rules Committee Chairman Shatrughan Singh told ANI.
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