The Uttarakhand UCC Bill has failed to achieve its intended goal of uniformity. Instead, it appears to be an exercise in shoddy replication of existing laws and selective criminalisation.
Unlike UP, the rising saffron tide in Uttarakhand has gone under the radar. So it's only fitting that Uttarakhand became the first state to pass the UCC Bill and fulfill a BJP poll promise that was the next logical step in the Sangh Parivar agenda after Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
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.
By passing the UCC bill, the government aims to establish a uniform set of laws that apply equally to all citizens, thereby promoting equality before the law.
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 Uniform Civil Code proposes similar or uniform laws for all communities. The bill contains laws relating to marriage, divorce, succession, live-in relationships & related matters.
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.
Tabled in Uttarakhand Assembly, Uniform Civil Code Bill also recommends uniform marriage age for men & women across religions. Scheduled Tribes have been excluded from its ambit.
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It is unfortunate that a committee headed by a retired judge could not really come up with an impartial and equity based bill which we have to proclaim to be progressive and forward looking, if the party in power is to be believed. While regularising live-in relationships can be proclaimed as acceptance of a practice prevalent, perhaps much higher than the statistics reveal, as an alternative to Hindu marriage tradition, not showing that acceptance and compassion for other religions is truly surprising.
It is unfortunate that a committee headed by a retired judge could not really come up with an impartial and equity based bill which we have to proclaim to be progressive and forward looking, if the party in power is to be believed. While regularising live-in relationships can be proclaimed as acceptance of a practice prevalent, perhaps much higher than the statistics reveal, as an alternative to Hindu marriage tradition, not showing that acceptance and compassion for other religions is truly surprising.