New Delhi: It's goodbye to another vestige of the British Raj, with the Union Cabinet on Tuesday deciding to rename three of the oldest high courts in India.
The Bombay, Calcutta and Madras high courts will henceforth be known by the Indian names of their respective cities - Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
The change of names was with the consent of the respective high courts following several demands from the legal fraternity and other sections of people.
The Madras High Court was established in 1862, Calcutta HC in 1861 and Bombay HC in 1862 in the presidency cities of the British Raj. The three HCs are considered among the oldest in the world.
The city of Bombay became Mumbai in 1995, Madras became Chennai a year later in 1996, and Calcutta became Kolkata in 2001.
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