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The Uttarakhand authorities connected Monday (October 13, 2025) approved a important amendment in the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bringing alleviation to citizens of Nepali and Bhutanese root who are surviving successful the State and bash not person an Aadhaar paper arsenic individuality impervious to registry their marriage.
Sources successful the State government, who were portion of the Cabinet meeting, stated that the authorities has permitted radical from Nepal, Bhutan and adjacent Tibet to registry their matrimony utilizing a certificate from the Foreign Registration Officer.
“Under the caller amendment successful the UCC, overseas citizens volition present beryllium capable registry their marriages by uploading their citizenship certificate, residence certificate, passport, oregon valid individuality card, whichever is much acceptable. In specified a situation, citizens of these countries surviving successful Uttarakhand who are already joined oregon astir to get joined tin registry their matrimony by uploading their documents,” the authoritative said.
Historic and taste ties
The authoritative added that the purpose of the amendment successful the instrumentality was aimed to springiness respite to radical of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet, which not conscionable stock an planetary borderline with Uttarakhand but besides person historical and taste ties with the State successful the signifier of residence, relationships, and marriage. Citizens of these countries are besides portion of the State’s societal justness system, and therefore, it would beryllium inappropriate to exclude them from immoderate ineligible process.
According to the information provided by the State, since the implementation of the UCC earlier this year, the gait of matrimony registrations has steadily accrued with implicit 4 lakh radical having registered their matrimony connected the UCC portal.
The UCC Bill, passed by the State Assembly successful February past year, has kept tribal communities retired of its ambit and provisioned implicit prohibition connected practices similar halala, iddat, and talaq (customs related to matrimony and divorcement successful Muslim Personal Law). It besides ensures that women are fixed adjacent rights successful matters related to spot and inheritance rights.
The UCC also made it mandatory to registry marriages and divorces, failing which the mates acrophobic volition beryllium deprived of the benefits of each authorities facilities. The codification besides has stringent provisions for nonaccomplishment to registry live-in relationships. The children calved retired of a live-in narration volition beryllium considered a morganatic kid of the mates under UCC.
