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Taking a major step in the political and legislative history of the country, President Draupadi Murmu ‘Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill 2026’ Has given his formal approval. With this historic approval, Gujarat has become the second state in the country after Uttarakhand to legally pass and implement the Uniform Civil Code. However, under the provisions of the new law, it has been made clear that its rules will not apply to members of the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community.
While presenting this important bill in the Assembly, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel had clarified that UCC is among the major and visionary reforms which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fully committed to implementing across the country. The main objective of this law is to strengthen mutual harmony, gender equality and national unity in the society. Also, in accordance with various suggestions and instructions of the Supreme Court, this law will prove to be a milestone in protecting the legal rights of women.
According to the provisions of the new law, it has been made mandatory for all citizens of the state to get formal government registration of marriage and divorce. If any person does not follow these rules, then a provision of fine up to Rs 10,000 has been made for him.
Apart from this, registration of all types of live-in relationships has also been made mandatory to bring transparency in the society. Not only this, if a live-in relationship ends, it will be necessary to give official information to the administration. An important security provision added under this law is that children born from a live-in relationship will have the status of fully legitimate children, and if the male partner leaves the woman, the woman will have full rights to get legal alimony.
Through this new Uniform Civil Code law, preparations have been made to crack down on evil practices in the society. More than one marriage (polygamy) is completely banned under the law. If a person gets married through any kind of pressure, force or coercion, then in such cases a provision has been made for rigorous imprisonment of up to 7 years.
Furthermore, any other illegal divorce without an official order of a competent court has been declared completely illegal, punishable with a prison term of up to 3 years. In this Act, divorced couples have been given the legal right to remarry each other without any unfair and complicated conditions, and there is also a complete ban on practices like ‘Halala’ prevalent in the society.