Supreme Court of India

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 3 S.C.R. 184
Bench K. M. Joseph and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 27 February 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the questions of law raised by petitioner do not arise. 4 (2005) 11 SCC 45 193.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Article 32, 14 – Petition filed see king directions – to the Home Ministry to constitute a R enaming Commission to find out original names of ancient historical c ultural religious places, named after barbaric foreign invaders; to the ASI to research and publish their initial names; to the Centre and State Governments to update their websites and records – Held: Secularism has been accepted as a facet of the basic st ructure of the Constitution – Bharat is a secular nation committed to sec uring fundamental rights to all sections as contemplated in the Consti tution –

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