UUCC's criminalisation of failure to register live-in relationships and various customary religious practices will particularly impact interfaith and inter-caste couples.
The UCC’s part on live-in relationships, added almost as an afterthought, introduces a novel unwanted concept of “parental consent” into consensual adult intimacy.
UCC makes it mandatory for those in live-in relationships to notify registrar under whose jurisdiction they live, stipulates jail term of up to 3 months, or fine up to Rs 10,000 or both.
Through UCC Bill, Uttarakhand has become India’s 1st state where live-in couples must submit statement of relationship to registrar. Those failing to do so will face fine, jail.
Each time we allow the state to take control of our lives, we are following the path of Mao Zedong, Mullah Omar. It always starts small. But it’s a slippery slope. It never stays small for long.
The BJP government's Uniform Civil Code Bill, passed by the Uttarakhand assembly, arms an already judgemental society with more weapons to make life difficult for a couple seeking to live together.
The draft says it shall be obligatory for ‘partners’ in a live-in relationship to submit a statement of it to district officials, failing which they may be penalised by a cash fine and a prison term.
Bhiwani-Mahendragarh legislator Dharambir Singh said live-in relationships spawn violence & urged Centre to bring a law against them. He also said love marriages result in more divorces.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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