No more polygamy. No more nikah halala. Mandatory registration for live-in relationships. What’s changing in Madhya Pradesh?
The statement comes nearly a month after the State government formally started the implementation process for the UCC guide in Chhattisgarh by appointing a five-member committee
The Bill seeks to criminalises polygamy and nikaha halala, while also making registration of live-in relationships mandatory
The bill seeks to completely prohibit polygamy and multiple marriages across all communities, while also declaring practices like nikaha halala as illegal and punishable offences
A notification issued by the State government says the committee is formed in view of “wide ramifications and voluminous nature of the subject domain of the proposed legislation”
CM Fadnavis said the committee headed by Justice Ranjana Desai is expected to submit its report within six months
Minister Agnimitra Paul says the committee headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai will have four weeks to scrutinise the draft legislation and submit its recommendations
As West Bengal is set to table a UCC bill, here is a comparison on the existing UCCs of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Assam