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    Uniform Civil Code (UCC) 2024 Bill Tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly

    Posted 07 Feb 2024

    Updated 16 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • Once it becomes an act, Uttarakhand will become the first state in the country after independence to adopt UCC.
      • After its liberation in 1961, Goa retained the Portuguese Civil Code, making it only state to have a UCC for all religions.

     

    • About Uttarakhand’s UCC Bill
      • Constitutional Mandate: Article 44 says that State shall endeavour to secure for citizens a uniform civil code throughout territory of India.
      • Objective: Bill proposes a common law on marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance for all citizens irrespective of their religion in Uttarakhand
      • Key Features:
        • Provisions of UCC Bill do not apply to tribal communities.
        • Bill aims to regulate live-in relationships.
        • Bill prohibits bigamy or marriages with more than one person etc.

     

    • Need for UCC
      • Ensuring Equality: Presently different communities are governed by different Personal laws.
      • Gender Justice: It will promote gender justice by removing the inbuilt discriminatory provisions of personal laws.
      • National Integration: UCC will separate religion from social relations and personal laws, ensuring equality and thus harmony in the society.
        • Also held by Supreme Court in Mohd. Ahmed Khan v Shah Bano Begum (1985) case.

     

    Challenges in the Adoption of UCC

    • Plurality and diversity: Huge diversified customary practices make it difficult to evolve consensus on UCC.
      • In 2018, Law Commission of India opined that UCC is “neither necessary nor desirable at this stage” in the country.
    • Concerns of Minorities: Fear of loss of identity and marginalization.
    • Existence of legal pluralism in civil laws.
    • Indian Secularism: Which is based on diversity of religion and people.
    • Tags :
    • UCC
    • Article 44
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