The Madras Bar Association has dubbed the Centre’s move to rename the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Indian Evidence Act and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in Hindi as against the Constitution. The association has also passed a resolution in this connection. The association has slammed the Centre for replacing the names with ‘Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita Bill’, ‘Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Bill’ and ‘Bharatiya Sakshya Bill’ and dubbed it a move to impose Hindi. The bar association has urged to retain the English names. President of the Madras Bar Association V.R. Kamalanathan and Secretary D. Sreenivasan, in their joint statement, stated that after discussion and deliberation, the Extraordinary General Body Meeting of the Madras Bar Association held on Aug 23 has resolved unanimously that the association expresses its objection and anguish over the naming of bills in Hindi. “The move is against the provisions of the Constitution of India and it is further resolved that the suggestions/views of the said bills will be sent shortly to the Minister of Law, Government of India with a request to reconsider and restore the original names of the above-mentioned acts,” said the resolution.The Madras Bar Association has dubbed the Centre’s move to rename the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Indian Evidence Act and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in Hindi as against the Constitution. The association has also passed a resolution in this connection. The association has slammed the Centre for replacing the names with ‘Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita Bill’, ‘Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Bill’ and ‘Bharatiya Sakshya Bill’ and dubbed it a move to impose Hindi. The bar association has urged to retain the English names. President of the Madras Bar Association V.R. Kamalanathan and Secretary D. Sreenivasan, in their joint statement, stated that after discussion and deliberation, the Extraordinary General Body Meeting of the Madras Bar Association held on Aug 23 has resolved unanimously that the association expresses its objection and anguish over the naming of bills in Hindi. “The move is against the provisions of the Constitution of India and it is further resolved that the suggestions/views of the said bills will be sent shortly to the Minister of Law, Government of India with a request to reconsider and restore the original names of the above-mentioned acts,” said the resolution.