SC Cannot Exclude ‘India’ As Country Name: CJI
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The
Chief Justice of India, S A Bobde, has on Wednesday said the Supreme Court
cannot exclude the very word ‘India’ from the country name, as given in the
Article 1 of the Indian constitution.
A PIL seeking amendment in the Constitution to exclude India from country name was filed. “The SC cannot do it as, India is already called Bharat in the Constitution itself”, Bobde said while hearing the PIL. However, the court allowed the petitioner to make a representation to the government in this regard.
As per the petition, the PIL has sought an amendment to Article 1 of the Constitution to retain only ‘Bharat’ and exclude India from country name. The petitioner, who is a resident of Delhi, has claimed that this kind of amendment will ensure the citizens of this country to get over the colonial past. The plea claimed, “The removal of the English name though appears symbolic, will instill a sense of pride in our own nationality, especially for the future generations to come. In fact, the word India being replaced with Bharat would justify the hard fought freedom by our ancestors”. The petitioner, while referring the to the 1948 Constituent Assembly debate on Article 1 of the then draft constitution, said even at that time there was a strong wave in favor of naming the country as ‘Bharat’ or ‘Hindustan’. But all remained as usual.
