'What is there in the name', Bombay High Court's comment on changing the names of Aurangabad-Osmanabad; petitions rejected

Bombay High Court has said what is there in the name? Actually, the court has made this comment because the Maharashtra government has decided to change the name of Aurangabad district to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad to Dharashiv. Many petitions have been filed against this in the Bombay High Court. Along with rejecting all the petitions, the court said what's in a name.

A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar and Justice Arif Doctor said that there was nothing special in the petitions filed. He said that the notification issued by the state government for changing the name did not require interference. The court further said that the notification issued by the state government to change the names of Aurangabad and Osmanabad is not illegal in any way.

Chief Justice Devendra Kumar and Justice Arif Doctor discussed what's in a name in their ruling, citing William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. According to the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, the state government is authorized to authorize the renaming and abolishment of any revenue area, as stated by the bench in its ruling. In addition, the court stated in its ruling that the state government had complied with the law prior to deciding to rename Aurangabad and Osmanabad. Many residents of Osmanabad and Aurangabad had petitioned the Bombay High Court to oppose the name change.