UCC: The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Sunday (February 4) permitted the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) report within the cupboard assembly held on the Chief Minister’s residence beneath the chairmanship of CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. The growth comes on the eve of the graduation of the Assembly session which begins on February 5 and can go on until eighth of this month. According to sources, the Bill is prone to be tabled within the Assembly on Tuesday.
The UCC drafting committee, led by retired Supreme Court decide Ranjana Prakash Desai, submitted the draft to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday.
On Saturday, beneath the chairmanship of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Dhami, a cupboard assembly was held within the State Secretariat to debate the draft report on the Uniform Civil Code.
BJP’s UCC vow
During the Assembly elections in 2022, the BJP had vowed to introduce the UCC within the state if the social gathering retained energy. Giving it a push, the federal government, when fashioned after a thumping majority within the polls, constituted a panel on Uniform Civil Code beneath Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai on May 27, 2022.
Uniform Civil Code
The UCC proposes uniform civil legal guidelines for all communities within the state.The draft was handed over to the Chief Minister by the five-member committee headed by retired Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. The UCC drafting panel additionally comprised retired justice Pramod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, former Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Shatrughan Singh and Vice Chancellor of Doon University, Surekha Dangwal.
Once carried out, Uttarakhand will turn into the primary Indian state after independence to undertake the UCC.The drafting panel was given a complete of 4 extensions, the newest being 15 days in January this yr.
The UCC will present a authorized framework for uniform marriage, divorce, land, property and inheritance legal guidelines for all residents, regardless of their faith.The passage of the UCC Bill will mark the achievement of a serious promise made by the BJP to the individuals of the state within the run-up to the 2022 Assembly polls.
Article 44 of the Constitution of India says that the state shall endeavour to safe a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) all through the territory of India. The UCC proposes a typical set of legal guidelines coping with marriage, inheritance, adoption, and different issues.
The Uniform Civil Code has been a degree of debate within the political corridors through the years, nevertheless, got here to be highlighted after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June final yr batted for the implementation of the laws, in an tackle in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal.
What had PM stated?
PM Modi stated the nation can not run on two legal guidelines and that the Uniform Civil Code was in step with the founding rules and beliefs of the Constitution.
“Today, people are being instigated in the name of UCC. How can the country run on two (laws)? The Constitution also talks of equal rights…Supreme Court has also asked to implement the UCC. These (opposition) people are playing vote bank politics,” PM Modi had stated in Bhopal.
(With ANI inputs)
