NEW DELHI: The high courts of Bombay and Madras are set to undergo a change in their names.
Amid demands, the Union Cabinet today approved a Law Ministry proposal to change the names of the two high courts through an Act of Parliament to correspond to the present names of the cities Mumbai and Chennai respectively.
There have been demands to rename the high courts as Mumbai High Court and Chennai High Court after the metros were rechristened in 1990s.
The proposal of the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry is to bring a bill — The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016– to rename the two high courts established in 1860s under Indian High Court Act, 1861. But at present, there is no central law under which the proposal for change of names of these high courts can be addressed.
Briefing reporters on the decisions of the Union Cabinet, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the name of the Calcutta High Court too will be changed to Kolkata High Court. But an official released issued later mentioned only the Madras and the Bombay high courts. (AGENCIES)
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