Essentially, the Bill seeks to equate heterosexual live-in relationships to the status of a marriage. A separate chapter in the proposed Code deals with live-in relationships, defining them as a “relationship between a man and a woman” (partners) who “cohabit in a shared household through a relationship in the nature of marriage, provided that such …
Exempting tribal communities from the purview of the proposed legislation, prioritising women’s equality, banning practices like polygamy, and arriving at a uniform marriage age across religions are among the recommendations of the five-member expert committee that submitted a draft of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday, The …
The Uttarakhand government will convene a special session of its Legislative Assembly in the week immediately after Diwali to discuss and pass the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, sources in the know of discussions told The Indian Express. The report, it is learnt, has placed emphasis on gender equality and equal rights for daughters in …