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  • Feb 09, 2024
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UTTARAKHAND’S HISTORIC UNIFORM CIVIL CODE

Why in the News?

  • Uttarakhand Assembly passes the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) making it the first legislature in independent India to enforce common rules, excluding Scheduled Tribes.
Source: UGI

UCC Amendments: Highlights

For Muslims:

  • Marriage Age: Set at 18 for women and 21 for men, in line with Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
  • Succession Rules: Testamentary succession allows unrestricted property bequeathal through wills. In intestate succession, property passes to Class-1 heirs, or Class-2 heirs if former absent.

For Hindus:

  • Succession Changes: Removes ancestral and self-acquired property distinction, affecting Mitakshara law’s coparcenary rights. Both parents elevated to Class I heirs in intestate succession.

General Provisions:

  • Marriage Regulations: Prohibits bigamy and polygamy, criminalizing certain Muslim marriage practices.
  • Divorce and Remarriage: Allows remarriage after divorce without additional conditions, penalizing coercion for remarriage with imprisonment up to three years and Rs 1 lakh fine.