Last Updated: February 27, 2023, 14:43 IST
The PIL mentioned alternatively, the courtroom could direct the Archaeological Survey of India to analysis and publish the preliminary names of historical historic and cultural spiritual locations (File Photo: PTI)
While Mughal Garden was just lately renamed Amrit Udyan, the federal government did nothing to rename the roads named after invaders, the PIL mentioned
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL looking for constituting of a ‘renaming commission’ to restore “original” names of ancient, cultural and religious places “renamed” by invaders, saying India can’t be a prisoner of the past.
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna questioned the motive of the PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, saying it will bring alive those issues, “which would keep the country on boil”.
The bench said, “This is a fact that our country was invaded and ruled by a foreign power. We cannot wish out selected part of our history”.
The top court told 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 mentioned the historical past of the nation mustn’t hang-out its current and future generations.
Upadhyay had earlier this month filed the PIL, looking for a route to the Centre to represent a ‘renaming commission’ to restore the “unique” names of ancient historical, cultural and religious places which were “renamed” by overseas invaders.
While Mughal Garden was just lately renamed Amrit Udyan, the federal government did nothing to rename the roads named after invaders, the PIL mentioned and contended that the continuation of these names is towards the sovereignty and different civil rights assured below the Constitution.
The PIL mentioned alternatively, the courtroom could direct the Archaeological Survey of India to analysis and publish the preliminary names of historical historic and cultural spiritual locations, which had been renamed by “barbaric overseas invaders” to secure the Right to Information under the Constitution.
The PIL said, “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”.
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