Change Of Name Is A Part of Right To Expression Under Article 19 & Article 21 of Constitution of India: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Cour held that change of name is an expression guaranteed under Article 19 (1) (a) of the Constitution of India.A Single Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia observed, “The individual ‘name’ is a facet of right of expression, which is guaranteed under Article 19(1) (a) read with Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The freedom of expression as guaranteed under Article 19(1) (a) includes within its sweep all forms of expressions and name in the present world is clearly a strong expression.”