The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre`s stand on a plea against the provisions of POCSO Act pertaining to mandatory reporting of sexual offences against minors to police.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice on the petition by lawyer Harsh Vibhore Singhal who sought "judicial invalidation" of sections 19, 21 & 22 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act). The court asked the central government to file its reply to the petition within six weeks.