New Delhi (IANS) | The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to the Law Commission to prepare a report on Uniform Judicial Code (UJC). A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Yashwant Verma asked Upadhyay to seek clarification with regard to an order passed by the Supreme Court, which had dismissed a similar petition filed by him.

The Supreme Court in its order had said, learned counsel for the petitioner has prayed for liberty to withdraw the petition. It has been withdrawn.

Accordingly, the PIL was withdrawn by Upadhyay. However, the court granted him liberty to seek clarification on the apex court’s order.

“The petition is withdrawn with liberty,” the bench said.

The petition was filed in the High Court on April 13 by petitioner-lawyer and BJP leader Ashwani Kumar Upadhyay.

Upadhyay, in his petition filed as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), had said that there is a vast difference between the Delhi High Court and the Allahabad High Court in comparison of judicial terms, abbreviations, norms, phrasing, court fees and case registration procedures . ,

The petition cited examples of various different wordings employed by the benches of the Rajasthan High Court and the Bombay High Court and claimed that these had led to misunderstanding.

Upadhyay also drew attention to disparities in court fees demanded in other states for cases with similar facts and values.

The petition states, the disparate court fees in different states discriminate between citizens on the basis of their place of birth and residence.

It further claimed that courts are demanding different court fees, apart from using different judicial terminologies, phrases and acronyms and adopting different standards and procedures for case registration, which violates the rule of law and justice. is against the rights of

In order to standardize judicial terms, acronyms, norms, phrasing, court fee structures and case registration procedures, the PIL prays that the Law Commission of India be directed to prepare a detailed report on WHCHU in consultation with the High Courts .

The PIL prayed that the Ministry of Law be directed to take appropriate steps to prepare a comprehensive report on UJC in consultation with the High Courts and constitute an expert committee to prepare a comprehensive report on UJC in consultation with the High Courts. be formed.

–IANS