New Delhi, March 17 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Monday proposed renaming family courts as "Family Resolution Centres," saying the term "court" can sometimes be intimidating.

Speaking at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a family courts complex in Rohini, held at the Delhi high court on Monday, the CJI said family courts are forums intended to help refurbish, rejoin and repair human relationships.

"I was wondering why, unwittingly, we have named them family courts. The word 'court' sometimes, and often, is intimidating. Not everyone wants to come to court. So why not, when we talk of reforms and the concept of family courts - not as a platform for resolving civil disputes but as a forum meant to refurbish, rejoin ...