India, May 25 -- The bill for a uniform civil code tabled in the Assam assembly on May 25 proposes for the first time a statutory framework governing live-in relationships in the state. "By requiring registration, the law ensures that the rights of partners - and any children born from such unions - are formally recognised and protected," Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

The Assam UCC bill makes registration of live-in relationships compulsory. It also proposes the creation of administrative machinery, including the appointment of registrars, to handle such registrations alongside those for marriages and divorces.

Scheduled Tribes are exempted from the bill's provisions for uniform personal laws entirely. Tribal communities acco...