“There isn’t a bigotry in Hinduism,” the Supreme Court docket bench stated.

New Delhi:

The Supreme Court docket at present dismissed a petition in search of the renaming of all cities and historic locations which have reportedly been named after “invaders”. The petition was filed by BJP chief Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who wished a ‘renaming fee’ to search out out the unique names of ‘historic historic cultural non secular locations’, named after ‘barbaric international invaders’.

A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna questioned the motive of the PIL filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, saying it would carry alive these points, “which might preserve the nation on the boil”.

Passing the judgement, the bench stated that the historical past of the nation shouldn’t hang-out its current and future generations.

“Hinduism will not be a faith however a lifestyle. Hinduism is a lifestyle and there’s no bigotry in Hinduism. Do not dig up the previous which can solely create disharmony. Cannot have the nation on the boil,” the Supreme Court docket stated.

Mr Upadhyay, in his petition, had sought path to the Centre to represent a ‘renaming fee’ to revive the “unique” names of historic historic, cultural and non secular locations which had been “renamed” by international invaders.

Whereas Mughal Backyard was just lately renamed Amrit Udyan, the federal government did nothing to rename the roads named after invaders, the petition stated and contended that the continuation of those names is towards the sovereignty and different civil rights assured underneath the Structure.