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This bill proposes a common law on marriage, divorce, property, and inheritance to all citizens regardless of their religion, excluding the Scheduled Tribes. This would be the first such legislation implemented in an Indian state after Independence
The Uttarakhand Civil Code has laid down detailed steps to follow if one, or both, partners want to end the live-in relationship.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently raising the pitch on the UCC, the BJP has made it clear that it will be aggressive on its core, ideological issues in the run-up to next year's Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP had proposed a Uniform Civil Code for Uttarakhand in its pre-election manifesto, and the people of the state gave it a mandate to implement it by voting it to power, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami told NDTV today.
The Uttarakhand government had constituted an expert committee under retired Supreme Court judge Desai in May last year to examine the laws regulating personal civil matters and to prepare draft laws or suggest changes on matters such as marriage, divorce, property rights, succession, inheritance, adoption, maintenance, custody, and guardianship.