The state assembly of Tamil Nadu today passed a resolution urging the Centre to rename the Madras High Court as the Tamil Nadu High Court, reports TOI..This development comes weeks after the High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill of 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Law Minister Ravishankar Prasad. This Bill seeks to rechristen the Madras High Court as the High Court of Judicature at Chennai..Chief Minister of the state J Jayalalithaa reportedly wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call upon the Centre to move necessary amendments to the Bill..While the resolution was being passed in the state assembly, she was quoted as saying,.“Though the high court is situated in Chennai, it does not belong to the city alone but to the entire state. Therefore, it has to be called Tamil Nadu High Court.”.The Bill also seeks to rename the other chartered courts – Bombay and Calcutta – to the High Court of Judicature at Mumbai and Kolkata respectively. Last month, the Calcutta High Court rejected the Centre’s proposal to rename the High Court.
The state assembly of Tamil Nadu today passed a resolution urging the Centre to rename the Madras High Court as the Tamil Nadu High Court, reports TOI..This development comes weeks after the High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill of 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Law Minister Ravishankar Prasad. This Bill seeks to rechristen the Madras High Court as the High Court of Judicature at Chennai..Chief Minister of the state J Jayalalithaa reportedly wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call upon the Centre to move necessary amendments to the Bill..While the resolution was being passed in the state assembly, she was quoted as saying,.“Though the high court is situated in Chennai, it does not belong to the city alone but to the entire state. Therefore, it has to be called Tamil Nadu High Court.”.The Bill also seeks to rename the other chartered courts – Bombay and Calcutta – to the High Court of Judicature at Mumbai and Kolkata respectively. Last month, the Calcutta High Court rejected the Centre’s proposal to rename the High Court.
