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The Economic Times
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Prohibiting polygamy, nikah halala, and registration of live-in relationships: MP cabinet clears draft UCC bill

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Sunday approved the draft Uniform Civil Code bill, paving the way for a common civil law that criminalises triple talaq and ‘nikah halala’, prohibits polygamy, and proposes three-month imprisonment if live-in relationships are not registered within a month.

The bill will be introduced during the monsoon session of the assembly beginning Monday.

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