ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has returned with objections a petition of a law firm challenging a presidential ordinance which increased prices of petroleum products.

According to sources, the petition was returned on Wednesday on the grounds that the petitioner had no locus standi and the Supreme Court was not the proper forum to agitate such a matter and it should have been moved in a high court.

The petition was moved by Advocate Mohammad Ikram Chaudhry on behalf of Advocate Shoaib Shahid of Rawalpindi Bar Association, stating that as the presidential ordinance violated the Constitution and fundamental rights, it should be declared void.