{"id":230216,"date":"2023-03-07T19:30:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=230216"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T09:07:02","slug":"renaming-places-in-india-rationale-and-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/renaming-places-in-india-rationale-and-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaming places in India: Rationale and Challenges – Explained, pointwise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
For\u00a07PM Editorial<\/strong>\u00a0Archives click\u00a0HERE <\/a>\u2192<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court<\/span> has<\/span> recently<\/span> dismissed<\/span> a<\/span> PIL<\/span> that<\/span> sought<\/span> a<\/span> renaming<\/span> commission<\/span> focussed<\/span> on<\/span> “ancient<\/span> India”<\/span>. The<\/span> court<\/span> issued<\/span> a<\/span> strong<\/span> statement<\/span> in<\/span> favour<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> “rule<\/span> of<\/span> law,<\/span> secularism,<\/span> and<\/span> constitutionalism”<\/span> and<\/span> warned<\/span> against<\/span> intolerance.<\/span><\/p>\n

About the SC ruling on renaming places<\/span><\/b> in India<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A<\/span> PIL<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> filed<\/span> and<\/span> sought<\/span> the<\/span> Court\u2019s<\/span> intervention<\/span> in<\/span> restoring<\/span> the<\/span> \u201c<\/span>original<\/span> names\u201d<\/span> of<\/span> places<\/span> \u201c<\/span>renamed<\/span> by<\/span> barbaric<\/span> invaders\u201d.<\/span> The<\/span> petitioner<\/span> had<\/span> contended<\/span> that<\/span> several<\/span> roads,<\/span> public<\/span> places<\/span> and<\/span> cities<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> are<\/span> named<\/span> after<\/span> \u201c<\/span>foreign<\/span> looters<\/span>\u201d<\/span> and<\/span> argued<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> \u201c<\/span>benevolent<\/span> nature<\/span> of<\/span> Hinduism<\/span> had<\/span> resulted<\/span> in<\/span> wiping<\/span> out<\/span> of<\/span> it<\/span> from<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> and<\/span> Afghanistan<\/span>\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However,<\/span> the<\/span> court<\/span> dismissed<\/span> the<\/span> PIL<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> \u201c<\/span>country<\/span> cannot<\/span> remain<\/span> a<\/span> prisoner<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> past\u201d.<\/span> The<\/span> bench<\/span> criticised<\/span> the<\/span> petitioner<\/span> for<\/span> going<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> playbook<\/span> of<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> \u201c<\/span>invoke<\/span> history<\/span> selectively\u201d<\/span> to<\/span> create<\/span> \u201c<\/span>schisms<\/span> in<\/span> society<\/span>\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must Read: Listen<\/a> to the court \u2013 SC warning against renaming places by abusing history, and invoking it selectively, is valuable and timely<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the constitutional provisions for renaming places in India?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n