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U’khand to amend live-in rules under UCC: Govt to HC
Orissa POST
|October 19, 2025
The affidavit read that the proposed changes focus on improving the process for registration and termination of cohabiting relationships, lending greater clarity in sharing information with the police, and extending the appeal period for rejected applications
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The Uttarakhand government has filed a 78-page affidavit in the high court saying that a few provisions of rules under the Uniform Civil Code are being amended.
The affidavit submitted by Advocate General SN Babulkar before a division bench of Chief Justice G Narendra and Justice Subhash Upadhyay October 15 states that the amendments relate to Rule 380 of the Registrar’s Office, which lists the conditions under which a live-in relationship cannot be registered.
This story is from the October 19, 2025 edition of Orissa POST.
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