Uttarakhand
Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand
- 15 Apr 2022
- 1 min read
Why in News?
- Recently, the Home Department has been nominated as the nodal department by the Uttarakhand government for the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state.
Key Points
- After this decision, the Home Department will prepare a draft of Uniform Civil Code along with constituting a committee for this.
- It is worth mentioning that the government, in its first cabinet meeting itself, while deciding to form a committee for this, had said that the committee would include experts related to law and law as well as other fields.
- For this, the Justice Department was entrusted with the responsibility of preparing its draft while making it the nodal department, which has now been changed to the Home Department.
- It is noteworthy that the provision related to Uniform Civil Code has been given in Article 44 under Part-4 of the Constitution.
- At present Goa is the only state where Uniform Civil Code is in force.
