Addressing judges as My Lord or Your Lordships in courts is a relic of the colonial era and a sign of slavery, a petition filed in Supreme Court said today and sought a ban on their use in the country.

A PIL was filed today by a 75-year-old lawyer seeking the apex court's direction to strictly prohibit the use of My Lord or Your Lordships in the courts throughout India alleging that "it is against the dignity of the country."

"Using the word My Lord and Your Lordship which is symbol of slavery should be strictly prohibited to be used in the courts throughout India as it is against the dignity of the country," the petitioner Shiv Sagar Tiwari submitted before a bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi.