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 on Monday. The bill proposes equal legal rights for children born to married parents, whether biological, adopted, or born through surrogacy or ART, equal inheritance rights to all children regardless of their marital status, while exempting Scheduled Tribes from the bill’s scope.