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Monday February 6 2006 13:58 IST

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking an end to the century-old practice of addressing judges of the Supreme Court and high courts as "My Lord" and "Lordship", which is continuing in the country since the British Times.

A division bench of Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal and Justice C K Thakker asked the petitioner -- Progressive and Vigilant Lawyers Forum -- to take up the issue with the Bar Council of India and State Bar Councils.

The bench said if anything had to be done in this regard, it has to be by the Bar Association.

As the court made it clear that it was not inclined to entertain the petition, Forum's counsel Sanjeev Bhatnagar withdrew it and the same was "dismissed as withdrawn" terming the practice of addressing the judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts as "My Lord" and "Lordship" a legacy of the British Raj, the forum requested the court to "transform the manner of addressing the learned judges of the superior courts".

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