"Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill 2024".

Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code Bill 2024.

Uttarakhand Assembly passes bill on Uniform Civil Code, becoming the first state to do So.

The Uttarakhand State Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 Bill. With this, Uttarakhand became the first state in the country to pass a law on Uniform Civil Code.

The bill was presented before the Assembly today, two days after the Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the final draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

In the Uttarakhand Assembly, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said, "Unity in diversity is a quality of India. The bill speaks of that unity... Our constitution is secular. The constitution removes the shortcomings of our society and strengthens the social structure... We are going to bring a law that brings everyone above religion, sect, and community and unites everyone.

Earlier, the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led state government had formed a committee to draft the UCC in 2022. The committee comprised a five-member panel headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai.

Other members of the committee include former Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Pramod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, retired IAS officer Shatrughan Singh and Doon University Vice-Chancellor Surekha Dangwal.
Recently the committee had submitted the final draft of UCC to Chief Minister Dhami.

Some aspects of the bill include mandatory registration of live-in relationships, conditions for contract marriage, ban on halala, iddat and polygamy, equal inheritance rights for men and women, etc.

Here's more information about the bill. Uttarakhand UCC Bill makes registration of live-in relationships mandatory within a month of entering into the relationship.