New Delhi. The Mahayuti government of Maharashtra will also consider implementing the Uniform Civil Code Act (UCC) in the state. Deputy CM Eknath Shinde himself has said that Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and I will discuss together in this regard and after that it will be decided. Under the UCC law, uniform law applies to people of all communities. All laws related to marriage, divorce, child adoption and inheritance are equal for everyone, no personal law applies. The Uttarakhand government has implemented the UCC here and the Gujarat government is also going to implement it soon.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has formed a five -member committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Desai to prepare the UCC draft bill. Indian retired IAS officer CL Meena, Advocate R.C. Kodekar, educationist Daksha Thakur and social activist Geeta Shroff have been included as members. This committee will present its report in the next 45 days after which the Gujarat government will decide to implement the UCC. It is believed that the Gujarat government can also include cases like live in relationship in UCC like Uttarakhand.
In the 2022 assembly elections in Uttarakhand, BJP promised UCC after coming to power, which has now been completed by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. UCC has been implemented in the state since 27 January 2025 last month. Under this, now people of all religions in Uttarakhand will apply equal laws related to marriage, divorce, property. Not only this, after UCC, now registration of weddings and live-in relationships will also have to be done compulsorily.
