Bombay high court to be renamed?

MUMBAI: Subhash Desai, minister for Marathi language in the three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi government, said on Wednesday that no action would be taken against vehicles which have their number plates in Marathi. The state will also pursue with the Centre the matter of renaming the Bombay high court as Mumbai high court, he said.
Many vehicles in the city and across the state owners use number plates in the Devanagri script, which is illegal according to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989.However, Desai, who belongs to the Shiv Sena, said no action would be taken “just because the number plate is in Marathi.”
He said that “to rename the Bombay high court is an important point on our agenda. We are following it up with the Centre.”
The Union government in 1995 had changed the city’s name from Bombay to Mumbai. In 1996, the Bombay Municipal Corporation was renamed Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. However, the Bombay high court and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay are two institutions which still use their old names.
Desai said the state would make Marathi a mandatory subject for all school syllabi across boards from class1to10. The decision would be applicable to about 25,000 schools, he noted.
After Raj Thackeray’s MNS changed its flag to saffron and took out a morcha to back CAA, the Shiv Sena has again begun efforts to woo Marathi voters. Desai said the state would, along the lines of southern states, make the state language mandatory for all boards like CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE and IB besides the state board if they ran their schools in Maharashtra.
Desai said there are about 25,000 schools in the state where Marathi is not taught. The government is planning to table a bill making Marathi mandatory for all boards, and there would be provisions if any school does not follow the legislation. He added normally, schools did not say no. “If they can teach French, why not Marathi?” he asked. He also said there would be concessions if officials had migrated or been transferred to Maharashtra and an issue had come up with regard to their school-going child in this respect. The state will follow up with the Centre the issue of granting classical status for the Marathi language, Desai said.