Rajasthan HC to scrutinize whether to add titles of Raja, Nawab or Maharaja while filing cases

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Nishka Srinivas Veluvali

Published On: January 16, 2022 at 16:30 IST

Rajasthan High Court had asked the Central as well as State government’s response on after insertion of Article 363A to the Constitution, can the titles of Raja, Nawab, Maharaja or Rajkumar be added to the individuals while registering Cases in Courts.

The Court came to this decision after one of the Respondents in the Case referred his name as “Raja Laxman Singh”.

The High Court stated that, Let limited notices be issued to the Additional Solicitor General RD Rastogi representing Central Government and learned Advocate General MS Singhvi for the State to address upon the same issue. Whether after the insertion of Article 363A and 26th Amendment in the Constitution of India, the said title of Raja, Nawab, Maharaja, Rajkumar as prefix can be filed/addressed in the constitutional court or the learned trial court below”.

After the 26th Amendment of the Constitution, the Act of 1971 (privy purse paid to rulers) was abolished, Article 363A (recognition granted to the rulers of the Indian States to cease and privy purses to be abolished) and Article 14 (equality to all) were the amendments made to the Constitution and the High Court made the note of the same.

However, the Petitioner informed the Court that he filed the Case with the same title in the Trial Court so the same had to be repeated by the High Court too.

After observing this submission, the High Court issued notices to the Central government along with the State government to respond on this issue.

The Rajasthan High Court has adjourned the Case for February 03, 2022.

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