The Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the report on the Uniform Civil Code, UCC during the cabinet meeting which is held at the Chief Minister’s residence under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
The Government is set to present the UCC Bill during the Uttarakhand Assembly session on February 06, 2024. The Special four-day session of the Uttarakhand Assembly has already been convened from February 5 to February 8.
The Uttarakhand will become the first Indian state after independence to adopt the UCC and it being operational in Goa since the days of the Portugese rule.
The UCC drafting committee headed by the retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai submitted before the court that the draft to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami
The Uniform Civil Code, UCC proposes the uniform civil laws for all communities in the state, irrespective of caste and religion. Thus, it will provide the legal framework for uniform marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance laws for all citizens.