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National Emblem at New Parliament Building: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition challenging the design of the Ashoka Pillar built on the roof of the new Parliament House under the Central Vista Project. In the application filed by two lawyers, the question was raised on the pose of lions in the national emblem. The petition had contended that the lions of the national emblem, installed in the new Parliament House, appeared to be far more 'cruel' than the grim calm lions of the national emblem preserved in the Sarnath Museum. These Indian National Emblems (Prevention of Misuse) Act is a violation of.
This petition came before the bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice Krishna Murari on Friday. Advocate Aldanish Ren argued that the national emblem on the Parliament House does not even have Satyamev Jayate written in Devanagari. The manner in which the national emblem has been changed is in violation of the Indian National Emblem (Prevention of Misuse) Act, made to prevent the misuse of the national emblem.
But the Supreme Court dismissed the petition saying that the lions of Ashoka Pillar installed here are not in any way a violation of this Act. When the lawyer argued that the lions are looking more aggressive in this, Justice Shah said that it depends on the thinking of the beholder.
The opposition parties also surrounded the government regarding the design of lions in the Indian emblem in the Central Vista. The opposition parties said that the form of the national emblem has been changed. However, Union Minister Hardeep Puri retaliated on these allegations of the opposition.
Puri had said in a series of tweets that the original emblem at Sarnath is 1.6 meters high, while the emblem above the new Parliament House is huge and 6.5 meters high. If the size of the national emblem at Sarnath is increased or the size of the emblem on the new Parliament House is reduced, then there will be no difference between the two.
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