New Delhi (PTI): Don't allow people to assume names like "Chief Justice" and "Prime Minister", the Delhi High Court has said as they could be misused for cheating innocent people.

The suggestion to the legislatures comes from the High Court in the wake of a case in which the judge was informed that an alleged property grabber whose name is "Judge Chawla" has cheated various people.

Stung by the information, Justice S N Dhingra asked legislature to consider framing laws to check the possibility of misuse of high designations.

"Legislature should take cognizance of such names and make appropriate law so that people do not start naming themselves or their sons and daughters with designations of high positions and in the garb of having such a name, one may start cheating innocent people," Justice Dhingra said.

The court, hearing a civil case pertaining to property dispute, said that name 'Judge Chawla' was deceptive and "nobody can be allowed to name himself or his wards in the manner that the name looks like designation".

"Somebody may name himself as District Collector, another may name himself as Prime Minister, one may name himself as Chief Justice..."

Vaneeta Khanna and her husband had filed a case alleging that they have been dispossessed from their house in Pashim Vihar in west Delhi by Rajeev Gupta and Judge Chawla and others, who had earlier sold the property to them.