Authorized consultants in Uttarakhand sceptical about UCC engaged on floor

The BJP authorities in Uttarakhand might have launched unbiased India’s first Uniform Civil Code (UCC), however authorized consultants are sceptical about whether or not it’ll work on floor within the hill state’s conservative society, which nonetheless cares for its age-old conventional values.

Whereas they agree that the essential goal of the UCC — of bringing about uniformity within the legal guidelines governing marriage, divorce, succession and live-in relationships — is wholesome and in sync with the spirit of the Structure, they’ve doubts about its acceptance in a tradition-bound society like Uttarakhand’s.

Their principal concern is the institutionalisation of live-in relationships within the UCC, which makes it obligatory for live-in {couples} to formally register their alliance to get a authorized standing as in case of legally married {couples}.

“The UCC appears to deal with marriage and live-in on par with one another, which can not discover prepared social acceptance in a state like Uttarakhand the place conventional establishments like marriage are nonetheless deeply rooted,” senior Uttarakhand Excessive Courtroom lawyer Dushyant Mainali advised PTI.

It’s uncertain if individuals will register their live-in relationships in a state like Uttarakhand, the place they don’t seem to be even brazenly talked about, he mentioned. “Alternatively, if live-in relationships are legalised by way of obligatory registration and are available to benefit from the standing of marital relationships, increasingly individuals might begin preferring the previous, which is easier with no rituals concerned. Which may, in the long term, pose a menace to the age-old establishment of marriage,” he mentioned.