SC dismisses PIL for ‘renaming fee’ to revive ‘authentic’ names of historic, spiritual locations
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL searching for structure of a ‘renaming fee’ to revive “original” names of historic, cultural and spiritual locations “renamed” by invaders, saying India cannot be a prisoner of the previous.
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna questioned the motive of the PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, saying it would convey alive these points, “which would keep the country on boil”.
The bench stated, “This is a fact that our country was invaded and ruled by a foreign power. We cannot wish out a selected part of our history”.
The prime court docket advised Upadhyay, “our country is secular and Hinduism is a way of life, which has assimilated everyone and there is no bigotry in it”.
It additionally stated the historical past of the nation shouldn’t hang-out its current and future generations.
Upadhyay had earlier this month filed the PIL, searching for a route to the Centre to represent a ‘renaming fee’ to revive the “original” names of historic historic, cultural and spiritual locations which have been “renamed” by international invaders.
While Mughal Garden was just lately renamed Amrit Udyan, the federal government did nothing to rename the roads named after invaders, the PIL stated and contended that the continuation of those names is towards the sovereignty and different civil rights assured beneath the Constitution.
The PIL stated alternatively, the court docket might direct the Archaeological Survey of India to analysis and publish the preliminary names of historic historic and cultural spiritual locations, which have been renamed by “barbaric foreign invaders” to safe the Right to Information beneath the Constitution.
The PIL stated, “We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of independence but there are many ancient historical cultural religious places in the name of brutal foreign invaders, their servants and family members”.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL searching for structure of a ‘renaming fee’ to revive “original” names of historic, cultural and spiritual locations “renamed” by invaders, saying India cannot be a prisoner of the previous.
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna questioned the motive of the PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, saying it would convey alive these points, “which would keep the country on boil”.
The bench stated, “This is a fact that our country was invaded and ruled by a foreign power. We cannot wish out a selected part of our history”.
The prime court docket advised Upadhyay, “our country is secular and Hinduism is a way of life, which has assimilated everyone and there is no bigotry in it”.
It additionally stated the historical past of the nation shouldn’t hang-out its current and future generations.
Upadhyay had earlier this month filed the PIL, searching for a route to the Centre to represent a ‘renaming fee’ to revive the “original” names of historic historic, cultural and spiritual locations which have been “renamed” by international invaders.
While Mughal Garden was just lately renamed Amrit Udyan, the federal government did nothing to rename the roads named after invaders, the PIL stated and contended that the continuation of those names is towards the sovereignty and different civil rights assured beneath the Constitution.
The PIL stated alternatively, the court docket might direct the Archaeological Survey of India to analysis and publish the preliminary names of historic historic and cultural spiritual locations, which have been renamed by “barbaric foreign invaders” to safe the Right to Information beneath the Constitution.
The PIL stated, “We are celebrating the 75th anniversary of independence but there are many ancient historical cultural religious places in the name of brutal foreign invaders, their servants and family members”.
