Changing names of High Courts - High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016
Q. Which of the following is/are true regarding Judiciary of India?
1) The names of High Courts can be changed by the respective State/s with the permission of the Parliament of India.
2) Recently names of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta High Courts have been changed.- Published on 08 Jul 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Only 2
- The High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 will facilitate the changing of the names of ‘Bombay High Court as Mumbai High Court’ and ‘Madras High Court as Chennai High Court’ respectively. Efforts to change the name of Calcutta High Court to Kolkata High Court are too going on.
- The High Courts of Bombay and Madras were named after the cities in which they were located. Consequence to the change in the names of these cities, there has been demands for change in the names of these High Courts.
- At present, there is no Central Law under which the proposal for change of names of these High Courts can be addressed. This Legislation is to address this requirement.
- Only Parliament can change the names of High Courts. State can make a request but have no power to make the changes.
