Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Assembly On Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill during a special four-day session, nearly two years after a committee was formed to draft the Bill. With the Bill passed by the state Assembly, Uttarakhand will become the first state since Independence to institute a UCC (Goa has had one since it was a Portuguese territory).
Speaking on the bill, Chief Minister Puskar Singh Dhami said UCC will give the right to equality to everyone without any discrimination on matters like marriage, maintenance, inheritance and divorce.
“The UCC will mainly remove the discrimination against women… The UCC will assist in eradicating the injustice and wrong deeds against women. It is time to stop the atrocities against the ‘Matrishakti’… The discrimination against our sisters and daughters has to stop… Half of the population should now get equal rights,” he said.
