Parents Should Be In Loop About Live-In Couples Aged 18-21: Uttarakhand Panel

The Uniform Civil Code, passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly in February, makes registration of live-in relationships and marriages mandatory.

A panel framing rules for Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code is trying to ensure that data provided by live-in couples remains protected but feels that information about those aged between 18 and 21 should be given to their parents, the committee's chief said on Friday.

The UCC, passed by the Uttarakhand Assembly in February, makes registration of live-in relationships and marriages mandatory.

On Friday, the report of an expert committee constituted to draft UCC under the chairmanship of Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai was uploaded on the website www.ucc.uk.gov.in.