HC refuses to hear PIL seeking direction to Law Commission to prepare report on Uniform Judicial Code

April 18, 2023 13:10

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to hear a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to the Law Commission of India to prepare a comprehensive report on the Uniform Judicial Code in consultation with high courts order to make judicial terms, abbreviations, norms, phrases, court fee structure and case registration process uniform.

The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Yashwant Varma on Tuesday asked the petitioner to seek clarification of the Supreme Court order which had "dismissed his plea as withdrawn."

The Bench noted that in the Supreme Court, the same petition was "dismissed as withdrawn" earlier and nothing is written in that order about the petitioner granting liberty to move to Delhi High Court.

The plea was moved by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a BJP leader, who stated that alternately court may constitute an expert committee to prepare a comprehensive report on the Uniform Judicial Code.

The plea stated that the terminology used by different High courts for different types of cases is not uniform. This non-uniformity causes inconvenience not just to the general public but, in many cases, to the advocates and the authorities as well. -- ANI

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