NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking laying down of “gender and religion neutral” uniform grounds of award of maintenance and alimony for all citizens in matrimonial disputes as per the spirit of Constitution and the international conventions. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notices to the union ministries of Home Affairs, Law and Justice and the Women and Child Development on the PIL filed by BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay. “We are issuing notice with a great caution,” said the bench which also comprised Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian after hearing senior advocate Meenakshi Arora for sometime.