The Ministry of Law and Justice has started working on a bill to rename the Bombay and Madras high courts to correspond to the present names of the cities, reports Indian Express..Amid demands from the state governments ever since the metros were renamed in the 90s, the Centre is mulling changing the names of the two high courts through an Act of Parliament..The proposal of the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry is to bring a bill to rename the two high courts established in the 1860s under the Indian High Court Act, 1861..There have also been demands to rename the Calcutta High Court as Kolkata High Court.
The Ministry of Law and Justice has started working on a bill to rename the Bombay and Madras high courts to correspond to the present names of the cities, reports Indian Express..Amid demands from the state governments ever since the metros were renamed in the 90s, the Centre is mulling changing the names of the two high courts through an Act of Parliament..The proposal of the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry is to bring a bill to rename the two high courts established in the 1860s under the Indian High Court Act, 1861..There have also been demands to rename the Calcutta High Court as Kolkata High Court.