"Uttarakhand Cabinet Clears Draft for Uniform Civil Code Implementation"
TL;DR
The Uttarakhand cabinet, chaired by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, has approved the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) draft report, which will be tabled during a specially-convened assembly session on February 6. If passed, Uttarakhand will become the first state post-independence to implement UCC. The draft includes proposals such as prohibiting polygamy, equal inheritance rights for both genders, and exempting scheduled tribes from the purview of the bill.
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