The Uttarakhand HC Bench consisting Justices Manoj Kumar Tiwari and Ashish Naithani heard two PILs, one filed by a social activist and another by live-in couple challenging the constitutional validity of State’s UCC Laws.
The petitioner argued that the UCC lawsΒ has enabled excessive state surveillance and policing which infringes right to privacy and overrides constitutional morality.
In response, the bench noticed that live-in relationships are becoming much more prevalent but don’t have full social acceptance and the code aims to protect the parties in the relationship- especially the women and children born out of it.
