Delhi High Court hears a Petition challenging the Rule that mandates a Person to mention his Surname for incorporating a Private Firm

An individual named Nishant, a businessman, has approached the Delhi High Court challenging a Rule notified last year by the Ministry for Corporate Affairs. The Rule mandated that a person must mention his surname for the purpose of incorporating a private firm. The petitioner’s lawyer GaurangKanth argued that asking for surname reveals the caste of an applicant and such a provision...