Mint Quick Edit | Uttarakhand’s UCC: A model code?
On Monday, Uttarakhand became the first state of free India to adopt a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), although it isn’t the first to have one, since Goa has had it since Portuguese rule. Uttarakhand’s rules on civil matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance will apply uniformly to people of all faiths, though with Scheduled…