Dehradun/IBNS, Feb. 12 -- The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday issued notices both to the state government and the Centre over pleas challenging the Uniform Civil Code [UCC], which was rolled out by the Pushkar Singh Dhami government last month, media reports said.

The division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice G Narender and Justice Ashish Naithani has asked the State and Centre for their responses in six weeks' time.

Former student leader Suresh Singh Negi, another petitioner, has challenged several provisions including the ones related to live-in relationships in UCC.

The provisions concerning marriage, divorce, live-in relationships were also flagged in her plea filed by Aarushi Gupta anticipating infringement of ...