Rajasthan high court: Drop 'Maharaj' from petition or case will fall

JAIPUR: Princely states are agelong gone, but the ‘Maharaj’ has lingered. Now, Rajasthan precocious court has drawn a line.Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal directed descendants of the erstwhile Jaipur royal household to driblet the prefixes “Maharaj” and “Princess” from their ongoing petitions oregon spot their 24-year-old lawsuit dismissed.

The tribunal acceptable Oct 13 arsenic the last deadline.Courts had objected to royal honorifics earlier alsoOne week’s clip is granted to the petitioners to record a close amended origin rubric deleting the prefix Maharaj and Princess from the names of the petitioners and respondent, Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal said connected Friday.Failure to comply, the tribunal warned, would mean automatic dismissal “without notation to the court”.The directive came portion proceeding petitions filed successful 2001 by ineligible heirs of precocious Jagat Singh and Prithviraj Singh, descendants of the erstwhile Jaipur royal family, challenging the postulation of location taxation by municipal authorities.The justice questioned the relevance of royal honorifics successful today’s republic, pointing retired that princely privileges were abolished decades ago. The tribunal asked bluntly wherefore specified titles should proceed to look successful ineligible proceedings.

In Jan 2022, the Jaipur seat raised akin objections successful a related case, seeking responses from some the Union and Rajasthan governments implicit the continued usage of royal designations. Earlier, Jodhpur main spot of the precocious tribunal had besides flagged the aforesaid interest successful aggregate petitions.