Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:24pm on 02 Feb 2024,Friday India
A committee in Uttarakhand, led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, submitted a draft for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The draft proposes significant reforms, including a ban on polygamy, equal inheritance rights, and mandatory declaration of live-in relationships. It suggests setting the marriage age for girls at 18 and boys at 21, along with compulsory marriage registration. Furthermore, it ensures both spouses have equal grounds for divorce and prohibits second marriages while one spouse is alive. The draft aims for gender equality and modernization of civil laws in the state.
