Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Photograph Credit score: File Photograph
Greater than a yr after the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was carried out in Uttarakhand in January 2025, the State police have been unable to register instances below related sections of the regulation because the centralized on-line platform to file FIRs, chargesheets, and investigation stories is awaiting a software program replace.
All police stations within the nation are linked by means of the Crime and Legal Monitoring Community and Programs (CCTNS), which was launched by the Ministry of House Affairs with the intention of digitizing police station data, monitoring crimes and criminals in real-time, and centralizing information throughout the nation for sooner investigation, improved decision-making, and enhanced public providers equivalent to e-filing of complaints.
The problem got here to mild when Shaheen, a resident of Haridwar, approached the Buggawala police station to file a criticism in opposition to her husband and in-laws. She alleged that she was subjected to bodily violence and psychological harassment quickly after marriage over dowry calls for.
She claimed that her husband gave her triple talaq and that when she requested him to rethink the choice, he advised her to first bear halaala. The observe includes a divorced Muslim lady marrying one other man, consummating the wedding, after which divorcing him to remarry her first husband.
Based mostly on the criticism, the police registered an FIR on April 4 below related provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, the Muslim Ladies (Safety of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
On Sections 30 and 32 of the UCC that penalize triple talaq and halaala Not being invoked within the case, a senior police officer stated provisions of the regulation haven’t but been uploaded on the CCTNS.
“A request for addition of the UCC sections must be despatched to the Union House Division from the State House Division. I can’t touch upon whether or not the State House Division has despatched the request to the Heart or if the Central authorities are chargeable for the delay (in updating the database),” the officer stated.
Regardless of repeated makes an attempt, Uttarakhand DGP Deepam Seth couldn’t be contacted for touch upon the matter.
Criticizing the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led authorities, State Congress vp and All India Congress Committee member Suryakant Dhasmana stated it’s shocking {that a} regulation being promoted politically throughout the nation has not been totally carried out in Uttarakhand.
He additionally took a dig at Mr. Dhami for celebrating one yr of the UCC’s implementation with out being conscious of the bottom actuality.
“This delay reveals that the BJP shouldn’t be critical concerning the UCC or delivering justice to any neighborhood or gender. This regulation is nothing however an overhyped marriage registration platform. All that this get together is keen on is profitable elections by dividing folks,” Mr. Dhasmana stated..
Printed – April 08, 2026 01:46 am IST