The petition which also seek directions for making proper security arrangements at highways is likely to come up for hearing on August 4.
An NGO, ' We the People' filed the PIL through its general secretary Prince Lenin in the registry of the court.
Lenin said that proper security arrangements were necessary at the highways specially in the night so the people could move safely.
A woman and her minor daughter were gangraped by highway robbers in Bulandshahre area, UP on Friday night recently.