Key Points
The primary focus of the draft of the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for Uttarakhand , which will be submitted to the state government soon, is on safeguarding the interests of women, children, and the differently-abled and it covers issues including marriage, divorce, succession, guardianship, custody, and inheritance, former Supreme Court judge justice Ranjana Desai, who heads the expert panel mandated to prepare the draft said in Delhi.ge..
The report of the expert committee along with the draft code will soon be printed and submitted to Government of Uttarakhand, Desai told reporters in Delhi..
UCC refers to a common set of laws that will subsume customary laws across faiths and tribes and govern issues such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and maintenance..
The draft code that has been based on the feedback and inputs from a cross section of society, including individuals, political parties and statutory bodies is intended to have a set of common laws based on broad issues such as gender parity, matrimonial issues, adoption and inheritance, a person familiar with the matter said, asking not to be named..
After making the implementation of the UCC, a key election issue in the 2021 assembly polls which it won to retain power in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttarakhand became the first to set up an expert committee to examine the possibility of drafting a code that would pave the way for having uniform set of laws for all communities and faiths to govern the issues of marriage, divorce, inheritance and asset division..
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