Shaikh Masud Ismail Shaikh vs Union of India , Through Its Secretary , Home Affairs Department

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2024 Supreme(Bom) 489

D. K. UPADHYAYA, ARIF S. DOCTOR
Shaikh Masud Ismail Shaikh – Appellant
Versus
Union of India , Through Its Secretary , Home Affairs Department – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Shri Y. H. Muchhala, Senior Advocate a/w Shri Sagheer A. Khan, Shri G. D. Shaikh a/w Shri Abdul Hamid Ansari i/by Judicare Law Associates for Petitioner in PIL/93/2022 with IA/1276/2023. Shri S.B. Talekar a/w Ms. Madhavi Ayyappan i/b Talekar and Associates for Petitioner in PIL/173/2023. Shri Anil Anturkar, Senior Advocate a/w Shri S. S. Kazi for the Petitioner in WP/1185/2023. Shri M. M. Chaudhari i/b. Shri Saeed S. Shaikh for Petitioner in WP/6996/2023, WP/6992/2023, WP/3607/ 2023, WP/3616 /2023, WP/3892/2023, WP/7011/2023, WP/6990/2023, WP/ 3881/2023, WP/6997/2023, WPST/14807/2023 & WP/3886/2023. Shri Hassan Khan a/w Shri Ashwin Sawlani for the Petitioner in WP/3294/2023. Shri Karim Pathan i/b. Shri Shoyab Shaikh a/w Shri Shane Pillai for Petitioner in PIL 110/2022. Shri Devang Vyas, Addl. Solicitor General a/w Mrs. Savita Ganoo & Shri D. P. Singh for the Respondent No. 1- UOI. Dr. Birendra B. Saraf, AG a/w Shri P.P. Kakade, Govt. Pleader, Shri O. A. Chandurkar, Addl. Govt. Pleader a/w Shri Vaibhav Charulwar, ‘B’ Panel Counsel a/w Ms. R. A. Salunkhe, AGP for the State. Shri Pradeep Thorat a/w Ms. Aditi S. Naikare for Respondent No. 4 in PIL/93/2022 (Aurangabad Municipal Corporation).

Table of Content
1. context of name change in legal proceedings (Para 1 , 2)
2. background and historical attempts to change names (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11)
3. arguments against the name change based on rights and identification (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31)
4. court's examination of statutory provisions concerning name change (Para 32 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74)
5. conclusion on legality of notifications concerning name change (Para 76 , 77 , 78)
6. final judicial decision on the case (Para 84 , 85)
7. dismissal of petitions without merit (Para 86 , 87 , 88)

JUDGMENT

Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, CJ. -

(A) PRELUDE :

1. The following quote from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet resonated throughout the hearing of this batch of writ petitions:

In these lines Juliet makes a profound observation about the nature of names and says that a name does not make something that it is; even if rose had a different name other than 'rose', the essen

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2024 Supreme(Bom) 489

D. K. UPADHYAYA, ARIF S. DOCTORShaikh Masud Ismail Shaikh – AppellantVersusUnion of India , Through Its Secretary , Home Affairs Department – Respondent

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D. K. UPADHYAYA, ARIF S. DOCTOR
Shaikh Masud Ismail Shaikh – Appellant
Versus
Union of India , Through Its Secretary , Home Affairs Department – Respondent