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On February 7, 2024, the Uttarakhand Assembly passed the Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand Bill, 2024, which purportedly consolidates a common law on marriage and property inheritance. The Bill only awaits the President’s assent to become enforceable law. A problematic feature of the Bill is the mandatory requirement of registration of a live-in relationship and its criminalisation, if certain conditions are not complied with. With this mandate, the proposed law will become the foremost weapon of the state to penalise consensual relations and violate individual autonomy. Its ambit The Bill, requires live-in partners to submit a ‘statement’ to the Registrar concerned. The Registrar has the powers to examine the statement and conduct an inquiry into the relationship. From a reading of the Bill, it appears that anyone can inform the Registrar of a live-in relation, which she can then act upon. She is empowered to examine the consent of parties, marital status, and the age of partners. Mor

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