Making the announcement on Friday, Assam Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah said the decision has been taken by the cabinet.
A bill is likely to be tabled in the ongoing session of Assam Assembly.
Baruah said, “A very important decision has been taken in line with that. The Assam Muslim Marriage & Divorce Registration Act, 1935, will be repealed and no Muslim marriage or divorce will be registered under the Act. We want all such matters to be under the Special Marriage Act.”
The minister said 94 Muslim registrars, who were registering marriages under the Act, will be given a one-time compensation of Rs 2 lakh.
A Uniform Civil Code refers to a common set of laws that are applicable to all Indian citizens and are not based on religion in dealing with marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption, among other personal matters.Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had said, “The Assam cabinet has discussed both the anti-polygamy and UCC bills. We were working on the anti-polygamy bill while Uttarakhand passed the UCC. An expert committee is working on aligning the two aspects so we can bring a more robust legislation.””Now the country needs a uniform policy. We have to align our bills, so we will have a round of discussion with our central leaders as well. These are long-time reforms,” Sarma said.
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