New Delhi: Announcing implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said the hill state will be the “first” to do so.
He said the Uttarakhand Cabinet unanimously approved that a committee will be constituted at the earliest in this regard.
“We have decided to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the state,” Dhami said, ANI reported.
“The state cabinet unanimously approved that a committee (of experts) will be constituted at the earliest and it will be implemented in the state. This will be the first state to do so,” he added.
Dhami had earlier promised implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the hill state after the assembly elections if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is voted to power again.
He said implementing the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand at the earliest will boost equal rights for everyone in the state.
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“It will enhance social harmony, boost gender justice, strengthen women empowerment and help protect the extraordinary cultural-spiritual identity and environment of the state,” Dhami said before the assembly elections in the hill state.
“This Uniform Civil Code will provide for same laws regarding marriages, divorce, land-property and inheritance for all people, irrespective of their faith,” he added.
Goa’s Civil Code is basically an alien code given by the Portuguese. It is “uniform” in nature, but not technically the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
A Uniform Civil Code is one that would enable the operation of a singular standard law for the entire nation and would be applicable to all religions alike in matters of personal importance such as divorce, marriage, inheritance and adoption.
The Uniform Civil Code, which seeks to scrap the separate civil laws applicable for minorities in religious and cultural affairs, would put in place a set of laws to govern the personal matters of the citizens irrespective of their religion.