The Supreme Court today came down upon a petitioner for filing a writ seeking the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code..The petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a practising lawyer, had prayed for a direction to be issued to the government to initiate introduction of a Uniform Civil Code in India. Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium appeared for Upadhyay..Upadhyay had placed reliance on two Supreme Court judgments, one of which was a recent judgment delivered by Justice Anil R Dave and Justice AK Goel..The three judge Bench presided by Chief Justice TS Thakur and comprising Justices AK Sikri and R Banumathi was however not impressed..“If there is a judgment already, why don’t you seek its implementation rather than file a fresh petition?.You tell us how can we issue a Manadamus to the Parliament to introduce Uniform Civil Code. We hope that the Parliament will address these issues but it is not in the realm of courts.”.When Gopal Subramanium persisted with his arguments, an agitated Justice Thakur said that,.“If you file such petitions, we will have to come down heavily.”.The Court refused to entertain the petition saying that it is a matter within the domain of the Parliament and not one which warrants the interference of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court today came down upon a petitioner for filing a writ seeking the introduction of a Uniform Civil Code..The petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a practising lawyer, had prayed for a direction to be issued to the government to initiate introduction of a Uniform Civil Code in India. Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium appeared for Upadhyay..Upadhyay had placed reliance on two Supreme Court judgments, one of which was a recent judgment delivered by Justice Anil R Dave and Justice AK Goel..The three judge Bench presided by Chief Justice TS Thakur and comprising Justices AK Sikri and R Banumathi was however not impressed..“If there is a judgment already, why don’t you seek its implementation rather than file a fresh petition?.You tell us how can we issue a Manadamus to the Parliament to introduce Uniform Civil Code. We hope that the Parliament will address these issues but it is not in the realm of courts.”.When Gopal Subramanium persisted with his arguments, an agitated Justice Thakur said that,.“If you file such petitions, we will have to come down heavily.”.The Court refused to entertain the petition saying that it is a matter within the domain of the Parliament and not one which warrants the interference of the Supreme Court.
