![[COVID-19] Petitioner sought orders against use of term "social distancing", Supreme Court imposed Rs 10,000 as costs on him instead](https://gumlet.assettype.com/barandbench%2F2020-01%2F21df33e4-18bc-49e1-adb5-f2ce60da1a88%2FSupreme_Court__7_.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
The Supreme Court today dismissed a PIL seeking to stop the usage of the term "social distancing" or "samajik doori" and use another appropriate term instead to denote the norm to maintain a certain physical distance between people to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Court, while dismissing the petition, also imposed costs of Rs 10,000 on the petitioner
(Shakeel Qureshi vs UOI - Petition)
(Shakeel Qureshi vs UOI - Order)