NEW Delhi: A committee on the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code on Monday put a final seal on the draft report, which now only awaits thumps up from the CM Pushkar Singh Dhami-led state government.
"In the final meeting of the five-member draft committee today, the committee has put its final seal on the draft report of the UCC. After printing the UCC draft report, the committee will submit this report to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ," said Shatrughan Singh, chairman of the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Draft committee told news agency ANI.
In March this year, President Droupadi Murmu approved the Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand Bill, 2024, which allowed the Uttarakhand government to issue a notification to make the UCC a law in the Himalayan state.
Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country to implement the UCC Act .
The Uttrakhand UCC contains laws relating to marriage, divorce, succession, live-in relationships , and related matters. The Uniform Civil Code in the state will make it compulsory for live-in relationships to be registered under the law.
In July, during BJP 's extended state working committee meeting in Dehradun, CM Dhami announced the goal to implement the Uniform Civil Code by November 9, coinciding with the State Foundation Day .
"The UCC is a very big thing for our state. The people of the state had elected us for the same reason. I congratulate all the people of Uttarakhand on the implementation of the UCC. After the implementation, several complexities would be made easier," CM Dhami had said.
"In the final meeting of the five-member draft committee today, the committee has put its final seal on the draft report of the UCC. After printing the UCC draft report, the committee will submit this report to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ," said Shatrughan Singh, chairman of the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Draft committee told news agency ANI.
In March this year, President Droupadi Murmu approved the Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand Bill, 2024, which allowed the Uttarakhand government to issue a notification to make the UCC a law in the Himalayan state.
Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country to implement the UCC Act .
The Uttrakhand UCC contains laws relating to marriage, divorce, succession, live-in relationships , and related matters. The Uniform Civil Code in the state will make it compulsory for live-in relationships to be registered under the law.
In July, during BJP 's extended state working committee meeting in Dehradun, CM Dhami announced the goal to implement the Uniform Civil Code by November 9, coinciding with the State Foundation Day .
"The UCC is a very big thing for our state. The people of the state had elected us for the same reason. I congratulate all the people of Uttarakhand on the implementation of the UCC. After the implementation, several complexities would be made easier," CM Dhami had said.
