Uttarakhand government has put an end to rumours regarding some provisions of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), where it is being said that outsides would get the domicile certificate.
Professor Surekha Dangwal said that the registration under the UCC is for the sole purpose of preserving the demography of the state and enriching the government database.
Amid reports that a certificate from religious leaders is mandatory for registering live-in relationships under UCC in Uttarakhand, UCC Rules Committee has clarified that this requirement applies only to cases where marriage is legally prohibited
This Act does not apply to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) notified under Article 342 and Article 366 (25) of the Constitution and protected authority-empowered persons and communities under Part XXI have also been excluded from its purview.
Kohli’s family visited resident of Aman Qureshi in Delhi and found that it was made to look Hindu and even had a small temple. After marriage, when they went there, it was changed to a Muslim setup.