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.
"From April to November 2024, the state earned a revenue of Rs 650 crore, which is 100 per cent more than the Rs 324.81 crore of the previous year," it said.
Around 500 persons participated in the event organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad which declared that there would be another maha panchayat in the coming times. "This is just the beginning of our struggle. We will uproot these forces from Uttarakhand," VHP's Anuj Walia said calling for district-wide protests.