Uttarakhand: Uniform Civil Code Draft Committee puts final seal, to submit report to CM Dhami soon

Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Draft Committee chairman Shatrughan Singh on Monday announced that the five-member draft committee has put its final seal on the draft report of the UCC. The committee will submit the report to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami after the printing.

"In the final meeting of the five-member draft committee today, the committee has put its final seal on the draft report of the UCC. After printing the UCC draft report, the committee will submit this report to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami," said Singh.



In August, Dhami had said that the government had resolved to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state before November 9, the foundation day of the Uttarakhand.

"We have taken many such decisions which were not implemented by the previous governments till date due to vote bank politics. The UCC (Uniform Civil Code) bill will be implemented soon. We have resolved to implement it before the 9th of November, in the state," Dhami had said.

"We have also done a great job of protecting the identity of Devbhoomi regarding religious conversion so that the original form of the state remains intact and by making it, we can pass it on as a legacy to future generations as well," he had added.


The BJP government introduced the UCC Bill during a special session of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly on February 6 this year and it was passed with a comfortable majority a day later on February 7.

The passage of the UCC Bill marked a "historic day" in the history of Uttarakhand, Dhami had said.

The Uniform Civil Code seeks to establish a set of uniform personal laws that apply to all citizens, regardless of religion, gender, or caste. This would cover aspects such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, and succession.