India, Feb. 12 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to state their stand on a petition seeking that the "Supreme Court" metro station be renamed in Hindi as "Sarvoch Nyayalaya".

A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia issued notice and fixed February 19 as the next date of hearing. "Let appropriate instructions be sought by the counsel for respondents... as to why the name of the metro station cannot be inscribed as 'Sarvoch Nyayalaya' in Devanagari script," said the bench.

The petition, a public interest litigation (PIL) filed at a personal capacity, was filed by Umesh Sharma, who contended that while the Central Secretariat metro station is designated ...