FORMER JUDGE (LABOUR COURT) FILES PLEA IN SC TO CHANGE THE NAME OF BOMBAY HC TO MAHARASHTRA HC

A Petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to change the name of Bombay HC to Maharashtra HC.

The Petitioner VP Patil, Former Principal Judge, Labour Court Mumbai, has submitted that “ the Petition has been filed on behalf of a large number of people living and belonging to the State of Maharashtra and are seeking renaming of ‘High Court of Bombay’ to ‘High Court of Maharashtra’ seeking enforcement of their fundamental rights guaranteed under the Indian Constitution, inter alia including the rights contained in Articles 14, 19, 21, 29 of the Indian Constitution.

The Petitioner further said that on July 19,2016 the High Court (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 was introduced in the Parliament of India changing of the names of ‘High Court of Judicature at Bombay as High Court of Judicature at Mumbai’ and ‘High Court of Judicature at Madrash as High Court of Judicature at Chennai’ respectively, however the Bill lapsed in the Parliament due to lack of consensus between the States.

Thereafter again in the year 2018 fresh demands were made to the Central Government to take steps to reintroduce the bill for renaming the High Courts. However, no positive step has been taken till now, hence the Petitioner approached the Supreme Court.

By Shubhi Singhal of LCD