On February 7, the State Assembly had passed the said Bill after a five-member panel headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai had handed over the UCC final report to the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on February 2.
The Bill, which has 392 sections under seven schedules, is based on over 750 page draft, spread in four volumes, prepared by an expert panel.
With a view to bringing the various facets of civil life under a single law, the UCC lays out what is permissible and what is prohibited in relationships across faiths, subject to personal customary laws.
The said law seeks to penalise persons who do not register their live-in relationships with a prison term. The proposed legislation also deals with other aspects such as marriage, divorce and inheritance in Uttarakhand.
Source: Barandbench
