UCC has been among key promises of the BJP apart from the construction of the Ayodhya Ram Temple and ending Jammu and Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status | Latest News India
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) disapproved of the Uniform Civil Code after the UCC Bill was tabled in the Uttarakhand State Assembly during its ongoing four-day session.
The Code applies only to those who identify within the binary genders of male and female who are in heterosexual relationships. It is progressive on 'illegitimate' children, but fails to recognise 'irretrievable breakdown' of marriage as ground for divorce.
The key to Uttarakhand s UCC bill is the still-under-wraps panel report, which explains the rationale for the code. The report sets the tone and agenda right on its cover and with its opening words. The four-volume report cover has changed the very depiction of the famous Lady Justice , showing her with scales and law books sans the characteristic blindfold over her eyes.