SC rejects plea seeking to correct state emblem installed at Central Vista

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea seeking to correct the state emblem recently installed at the top of the Central Vista Project, as it held that the newly installed lion sculpture does not violate the State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005.
A bench comprising Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari dismissed the plea filed by the petitioner. The court turned down the petitioner’s submission that the lions in the new emblem are aggressive and remarked, “That impression depends on the mind of the person”.
The court said that it cannot be said that the emblem installed was contrary to or violated provisions of the State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005.
The petitioner submitted that there is no scope for artistic innovation for a state emblem and had sought appropriate direction from the Center to correct the State Emblem of India, recently installed at the top of the Central Vista Project.
The plea moved by two advocates, Aldanish Rein and Ramesh Kumar Mishra, stated, “The State Emblem of India Act does not envisage provisions in case of violation of the emblem by the state or government itself.”
Hence, the petitioner has prayed to issue appropriate direction to the respondent to correct the State Emblem of India.