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New Delhi: Raising the marriageable age for women and suggestions on inheritance laws are among the recommendations made by the Uttarakhand governments expert committee on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), ThePrint has learnt...
Sources said the committee is likely to push for a ban on polygamy and polyandry, and has also touched upon live-in relationships in the draft..
The draft is likely to be submitted to the government mid-July...
Uttarakhands expert committee was constituted by the state government last year to examine the various existing laws regulating personal civil matters in the state...
The five-member committee including retired High Court judge Permod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, former chief secretary Shatrughan Singh and Doon University vice-chancellor Surekha Dangwal interacted with representatives of political parties, state statutory commissions and leaders of various religious denominations to formulate the draft...
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