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The Uttarakhand High Court is hearing a plea against the mandatory registration of live-in relationships under the state's new Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
The petitioners, an interfaith couple, argue that the registration requirement makes it difficult for them to live together and register their relationship.
Concerns
The court questioned how registration could be an invasion of privacy when couples are openly living together without marriage.
The court also criticized the claim that registering such relationships would institutionalize gossip, asking why secrecy was being implied when couples live openly in society.
The petitioner's lawyer highlighted issues faced by interfaith and intercaste couples, referencing a case where a man was killed for marrying outside his caste.
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