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Uttarakhand UCC draft almost ready, implementation to begin soon: CM Dhami

He added that steps to implement the code will begin once the state government receives the draft from the UCC drafting panel.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. Credit: PTI File Photo

The draft of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for Uttarakhand is almost ready, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Friday.

He added that steps to implement the code will begin once the state government receives the draft from the UCC drafting panel.

“The drafting and compilation work of the UCC is almost complete. We will start taking steps towards its implementation and its various provisions as soon as its draft is submitted to us,” Dhami told reporters in Haridwar.

A UCC for Uttarakhand was one of the major poll promises made by the BJP in the run-up to the state assembly elections held last year.

After being voted to power for a second consecutive term, Dhami gave his nod to setting up a committee headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to draft the UCC at the very first cabinet meeting headed by him.

The expert panel whose tenure was extended for a third time recently till December has taken opinions from 2.33 lakh people and different organisations, institutions and tribal groups before preparing the draft. The five-member committee got its first extension of six months in November, 2022 and second of four months in May this year.

Source : https://www.deccanherald.com/india/uttarakhand/uttarakhand-ucc-draft-almost-ready-implementation-to-begin-soon-cm-dhami-2716073

Raghav Chadha to be evicted from govt bungalow? Delhi court gives nod

The court rejected Chadha’s submission that government housing assigned to a MP cannot not be revoked under any circumstances throughout the MP’s entire term.

AAP MP Raghav Chadha speaking in a coference
AAP MP Raghav Chadha. Credit: PTI File Photo

A Delhi court on Friday allowed the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to go ahead and evict Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha from his Type VII bungalow, saying he can’t claim any vested right to the government accomodation to which he was not even entitled to, being a first-time member of the Upper House.

Additional District Judge (ADJ) Sudhanshu Kaushik of Patiala House Court, New Delhi, revoked an earlier interim order passed on April 18, 2023, which had previously instructed the Rajya Sabha Secretariat not to evict Chadha from his residence without following the appropriate legal procedures.

The court allowed a review application by the RS Secretariat.

“The plaintiff (Raghav Chadha) cannot assert that he possesses an absolute entitlement to occupy the accommodation throughout his entire term as a Member of the Rajya Sabha. The allocation of government housing is simply a privilege granted to the plaintiff, and he does not have an inherent right to maintain occupancy even after the allocation has been rescinded,” the court observed.

The lawyer for the Rajya Sabha Secretariat argued that Chadha, being a first-time member of the Rajya Sabha, is entitled to be allotted a Type VI bungalow and not Type VII.

The RS Secretariat contended that the court had earlier, in its order on April 18, provided interim relief to Chadha without following the procedure outlined in Section 80(2) of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC), which requires a hearing for both parties before granting relief.

The court rejected Chadha’s submission that government housing assigned to a MP cannot not be revoked under any circumstances throughout the MP’s entire term.

Chadha was first allotted a Bungalow at Pandara Park, New Delhi on July 6, 2022 under the Type VI category.

Source : https://www.deccanherald.com/india/delhi/raghav-chadha-to-be-evicted-from-govt-bungalow-delhi-court-gives-nod-2716315

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