When law seeks to make the State the Big Brother
India, Feb. 1 -- Independent India's first uniform civil code (UCC) could have been an opportunity to showcase a progressive template. It ought to have restricted itself to marriage, divorce, maintenance, adoption and inheritance - areas governed by different personal laws that create discrepancy among citizens. Instead, the state of Uttarakhand has taken on the role of morality police by inserting a clause that requires couples cohabitating together to register on an online portal....
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