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The Union Cabinet on Tuesday
approved a change in the names of the
Madras, Bombay and Calcutta High
Courts to reflect the alterations in the
official nomenclature of these cities to
Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata,
respectively.
“The names of these cities have been
changed for a few years now. [So] it is
appropriate to change the names of
their High Courts as well and the
Cabinet has approved the introduction
of the ‘The High Courts [Alteration of
Names] Bill, 2016’ in Parliament,”
Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad told reporters after a Cabinet
meeting.
The Bill will facilitate the changing of
the names of the Bombay High Court
as the Mumbai High Court; the Madras
High Court as the Chennai High Court,
said an official statement from the
government, which had been silent on
changing the name of the Calcutta
High Court.
approved a change in the names of the
Madras, Bombay and Calcutta High
Courts to reflect the alterations in the
official nomenclature of these cities to
Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata,
respectively.
“The names of these cities have been
changed for a few years now. [So] it is
appropriate to change the names of
their High Courts as well and the
Cabinet has approved the introduction
of the ‘The High Courts [Alteration of
Names] Bill, 2016’ in Parliament,”
Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad told reporters after a Cabinet
meeting.
The Bill will facilitate the changing of
the names of the Bombay High Court
as the Mumbai High Court; the Madras
High Court as the Chennai High Court,
said an official statement from the
government, which had been silent on
changing the name of the Calcutta
High Court.
