The Uttarakhand cabinet on Sunday approved the draft of the Uniform Civil Code submitted by the Desai Committee.
The Uttarakhand Cabinet Speaker told PTI ahead of the meeting that all the parties had agreed to have a peaceful discussion on the approval of the UCC draft.
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami had chaired a cabinet meeting in Dehradun earlier today to discuss the UCC draft, reported PTI.
The final draft of the UCC running into 740 pages in four volumes was submitted to Dhami here on Friday by a five-member panel headed by retired judge of the Supreme Court Ranjana Prakash Desai.
The special session of the Assembly has been called especially to pass the legislation on the UCC.
The approval by the state cabinet was necessary for its introduction in the House.
