Assam Cabinet approves Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Draft Bill covering marriage, divorce, live-in relationships

Exam-focused facts from the 15 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Assam Cabinet approved the draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill on May 13, 2026.
The Bill will be tabled in the Assam Assembly on May 26, 2026.
The UCC Bill focuses on civil matters including registration of marriages, divorce procedures, regulation of live-in relationships, and mandatory marriage registration.
Tribal communities and their traditional customs and rituals are completely exempted from the scope of the law.
The Bill has been designed along the lines of UCC models introduced in Uttarakhand, Gujarat, and Goa.