NEW DELHI: CM Pushkar Singh Dhami-led Uttarakhand government will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state in January 2025. The BJP-ruled hill state will become the first state to implement the UCC.
The state government said a portal and mobile app have also been prepared as it believes the digital measures would make registration, appeal and other services through the online medium convenient for the people.
The UCC includes provisions that make it mandatory for couples to register their marriages within a six-month time span.
On March 11 this year, the President signed the UCC Bill, paving the way to make it a law. Thereafter, the state govt had formed a nine-member committee for preparing the rules related to the procedures and other matters related to the implementation of the UCC Act.
The bill has seven schedules and 392 sections, focusing on four key areas – marriage, divorce, inheritance and live-in relationships. In addition, there are provisions for ending practices of polygamy, polyandry, halala and iddat, besides giving equal inheritance rights to males and females.
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