Assam Cabinet Backs Uniform Civil Code Draft for Assembly Tabling
The measure would create one code for family matters, with tribal communities outside its scope.
Overview
- Assam’s cabinet has cleared a Uniform Civil Code draft, and Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says it will go to the Assembly this month.
- The draft sets one set of rules for marriage, divorce and succession with mandatory registration of marriages and divorces.
- It also covers live-in relationships and requires couples to report them within 60 days.
- Tribal communities are excluded to preserve customs, with Scheduled Tribes and Adivasi groups kept outside the code.
- Sarma says the plan strengthens women’s rights through equal inheritance, maintenance in marriages and live-in ties, legitimacy for all children, and mother-focused custody for under-fives.