After the formation of the bharatiya janata party government, the names of many cities have been changed in the last few years. For example, allahabad was renamed Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. Similarly, faizabad was renamed Ayodhya. This trend of changing the names of cities is not limited to Uttar Pradesh and one government. The names of many cities have been changed in other states outside UP as well. At the same time, the tradition of changing names from time to time has been continued by the previous governments as well.
This tradition of naming also includes some cities where the high court is located. For example, allahabad high court in Allahabad. Even though the name of this city has been changed to Prayagraj, the name of the high court is still Allahabad. Similarly, bombay high court in mumbai, madras high court in Chennai. Now the question arises that why is the name of the high court not changed even after the name of the city is changed? Is any other process adopted for this? Let's know...
What is the rule for changing the name of the High Court?
There are many High Courts in the country whose city names have changed, but the High Courts are still operating on the old name. Like bombay, madras, calcutta or allahabad High Court. Actually, there is a rule for changing the name of the High Court. For this, the state government has to bring a proposal, which is placed on the table of the Assembly. Even after this, the recommendation of the concerned High Courts is necessary to change the name.
The government brought the bill in 2016
Let us tell you, in 1995, the name of bombay was changed to mumbai, madras was changed to chennai in 1996 and calcutta was changed to kolkata in 2001. According to the information, in 2016, the government brought a bill to change the name of bombay, madras and calcutta High Courts, but after the objections of the concerned High Courts and the states, it could not be placed in the Parliament. At the same time, in 2016, minister of State for Law PP Choudhary, in response to a question, had said that tamil Nadu had proposed to change the name of madras high court to high court of tamil Nadu, while there was no consensus on changing the name of calcutta High Court.
