Guwahati:
Uttarakhand has turn into the primary state within the nation to implement UCC, however the Chief Minister of one other hill state has dominated out an analogous step. The implementation of Uniform Civil Code is neither sensible nor acceptable, given the nation’s numerous cultural and tribal communities, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma stated immediately.
He, nonetheless, acknowledged that sure elements of civil legal guidelines may very well be made uniform whereas defending the rights of indigenous communities.
Pointing at Uttarakhand, which turned the primary state to implement the UCC whereas excluding tribal customs from its purview, Mr Sangma stated in a rustic as numerous as India, a Uniform Civil Code will not be viable.
His assertion comes amid rising debates on the UCC, with Assam expressing curiosity in following Uttarakhand’s lead in implementing the code.
“A Uniform Civil Code, as an idea of creating certain that every part turns into uniform, will not be attainable in India,” Mr Sangma stated.
“There are tribal and indigenous communities with distinctive practices that won’t align with the uniformity. To impose uniformity on each side of life, throughout all communities, wouldn’t be right,” he added.
To elucidate the state of affairs, he additional added: “If a invoice on the nationwide or state stage have been to declare that the whole nation ought to undertake a matrilineal system, Meghalaya would help that, as a result of we’re a matrilineal society. All of it will depend on the content material of the invoice – what elements are being made uniform and in what manner”.
“For us, as a state authorities, we’re very clear. The Uniform Civil Code will not be on our agenda. We respect the varied identities of our tribal communities, and their conventional practices have to be protected,” he added.
Mr Sangma had made it clear earlier additionally that his authorities is not going to help the UCC.
Two years in the past, a tribal council in Meghalaya unanimously handed a decision to oppose the implementation of the UCC in areas inside its jurisdiction.
Uttarakhand has turn into the primary state in India to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), aiming to simplify and standardize private legal guidelines associated to marriage, divorce, succession, and inheritance.
The UCC applies to all residents of Uttarakhand, besides Scheduled Tribes and guarded authority-empowered individuals and communities.