SC called upon to rename India as Bharat/Hindustan; seeks Centre's response

请愿者呼吁最高法院将印度重新命名为巴拉特或印度斯坦，寻求中央的回应

NEW DELHI: A PIL on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to rename the country from 'India/Bharat' to 'Bharat/Hindustan' while another one sought rechristening of Bombay High Court to Maharashtra HC.

新德里：周三，请愿者提起公益诉讼敦促最高法院将印度更名为“巴拉特或印度斯坦”，另一公益诉讼则寻求将孟买高等法院更名为马哈拉施特拉邦高等法院。

A bench of CJI S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy asked how the court could change the name from India to Bharat/Hindustan and pointed out that Article 1 of the Constitution provides that India would also be known as Bharat. But petitioner Namah's counsel Raj Kishor Choudhary said 'India' was of Greek origin, and hence must be discarded.

首席大法官 S A Bobde、S Bopanna和Hrishikesh Roy法官询问最高法院如何能将印度更名为“巴拉特/印度斯坦”，并指出宪法第1条规定印度也可被称为“巴拉特”。但请愿者纳玛的律师乔杜里说，“印度”一词源于希腊，因此必须废弃。

Choudhary said the country's freedom struggle was fought with the slogan "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and hence it would be appropriate to name the country as Bharat or Hindustan, the latter being a popular reference to the country by its citizens. The court dismiss the plea and asked the petitioners to send it as a representation to the Centre.

乔杜里称，印度自由斗争的口号是“Bharat Mata ki Jai”，因此将这个国家命名为“巴拉特或印度斯坦”更合适，后者是公民对印度的普遍称呼。法院驳回了这项请求，并要求请愿者将其请求呈递中央。

In it order disposing of the writ petition, the bench said, "The present petition is directed to be treated as a representation and may be considered by the appropriate ministries." This means, the issue stays alive and if the Centre does not act or rejects the representation, the petitioner could move the SC again.

处理的法官说，“目前的请愿将作为一份陈述处理，并可由有关各部审议。”如果中样不采取行动或予以拒绝，请愿人可以再次向最高法院提起诉讼。

Though the sensitive constitutional tangle of renaming India as 'Bharat/Hindustan' was tossed into the domain of the Union government, the CJI-led bench agreed to entertain a PIL by V P Patil seeking renaming the historical Bombay High Court, which was one of the three HCs set up nearly 160 years ago in the Presidency towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay. Appearing for the petitioner, advocate Shivaji Jadav said under Article 214 of the Constitution, every state was to have an HC. The SC issued notices to the Centre and Maharashtra government seeking their response.

尽管将印度重新命名为“巴拉特/印度斯坦”一事被推到了联邦政府的管辖范围内，但首席大法官同意受理V P Patil的公益诉讼，要求重新命名具有历史意义的孟买高等法院。孟买高等法院是近160年前在加尔各答、马德拉斯和孟买设立的三个高等法院之一。代表请愿人的律师贾达夫说，根据宪法第214条，每个邦都应该有一个最高法院。最高法院已向中央和马哈拉施特拉邦政府发出通知，寻求他们的回应。

Jadav said several HCs were named after the states but Maharashtra was denied this. The petitioner said Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960, provided for substitution of the words 'HC of Bombay’ to "HC of Maharashtra’. "The cultural assertion of Maharashtrians remains in jeopardy by not renaming a public institution like the High Court of Bombay," he said.

贾达夫说，有几个高等法院是以邦名称命名的，但马哈拉施特拉邦的最高法院却不是。请愿人说，马哈拉施特拉邦1960年的法律(国家和同时的主体)调整令规定将“孟买高等法院”更名为“马哈拉施特拉邦高等法院”。他说:“由于未给孟买高等法院这样的公共机构重新命名，马哈拉施特拉人的文化主张仍然岌岌可危。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：

译文来源：三泰虎 http://www.santaihu.com/p/50035.html   译者：Jessica.Wu

Jagannath Sahu

Call it bharat or India, it will not help anyone, rather one should focus on develo the public facilities and life in country.

不管是叫巴拉特还是印度，都没用。我们应该大力修建基础设施，提升人民生活水平。

Ponraj Abraham

By changing the name will not give guarantee for the change of person's character. Change the condition of the people living in slum areas. Change the status of the migrant labourers. Let them have a decent life with job security and health care. T

就算改了名字，也不能改变人的本性。改变贫民窟居民的生活状况吧，改变农民工的境况，让他们过上好日子，让他们有工作，有医保。

Delicous Pig

it's foolish to change name of India right now as whole World know the country as India. Also India is the only country in the world for which a ocean is named Indian Ocean. India is named on Indus river. So it's not a foreign name in actual sense.

现在改名字也太蠢了，全世界都叫惯印度这个名字。印度洋是以印度命名的，这也是世界上唯一一个以国家名称命名的海洋。印度的名字来源于印度河，所以不是一个真正意义上的外国名字。

Citizenwelfareforum

it looks good to replace the name

改了这个名字挺好的

Manish Patel

India is a great name. no need to change it

印度是个伟大的名字，没必要改

A Singh

Hindustan should be OK.

改成印度斯坦吧

Shivam Gupta

it must be left on government, it is not supreme court job to rename places.

应该由政府决定，给国家改名不是最高法院的职责。

naem

Neither govt can change the name, they are not owners of country

政府也无权给国家改名，他们不是国家的主人

Sandeep Singh

andh bhakhts are busy on these pretty issues while more than 40,000 ppl have died due to hunger in last 2 months.

在过去两个月里，超过4万印度人饿死，他们还有闲情忙着给国家改名字。

Afaque Khan

Why do we need to focus on non-productive issues when we are already in grim situation ?

形势这么严峻，怎么还有精力忙给国家改名这种事？

JHUMLA MONKEY BATH

Will changing the name drama take care of all the problems of Covid19 pandemic, negative growth, job losses, massive unemployment, poverty,starvation.

给国家改了名字能控制住疫情，解决负增长、大规模失业、贫困、饥饿等问题吗?

Suddhasatya Samanta

empty vessels making noise

无知的人叫得最欢

Sandeep Garg

Name India is well established worldwide. What name change will do if do not change our Heart and understanding belongingness for country.

印度这个名字已经享誉全球了。如果不改变我们的心态，不提升我们对国家的归属感，改国名也没用。

Citizen

With economy sinking and virus not under control ,let's discuss about changing country nahe ,rest of it doesnt matter

经济陷入衰退，疫情无法控制，我们还在谈论给国家改名字，其他事都无关紧要吗?

Lany Braganca

Is it going to help in removing Poverty, Murders, unemployment, corruption, wars, population control and rapes title from India.people are out to divide the county, thats what we are going through. Karma is taking its own course.

给国家改名字能消除贫困、消除谋杀案 强奸案，解决失业、腐败、战争、人口问题吗?人们正在分裂这个国家，这就是我们正在经历的。报应啊。

Devender

Will we become super power by changing name?

改了名字后，印度会变成超级大国吗?

Ankush

Bharat name represent true identity of nation which dates back to ancient Bharat Kingdom. India is Greek word and should not be used.

巴拉特这个名字代表了国家的真实身份，可以追溯到古代巴拉特王国。印度是希腊语，不应该用这个名字。

Natarajan D

Courts should not entertain such PILs which are waste of time.

法院不应该受理这种公益诉讼，简直是浪费时间

Mahender

I will not rush to change this name yet. Everyone around the world knows Bharat as India. At present India is in the forefront of all major countries in the world with this name So we should wait few more years and then change it(may be) after the economy picks up the steam again

不着急改名字，全世界的人都知道巴拉特就是印度。目前，印度在世界大国中排得上名次的。我们应该再等几年，等经济复苏后再改名。

Pradeep Mukherjee

Name HINDUSTAN will be very cotroversial. As it will not be in the principle of a SECULAR nation, as per fundamentals of our respected CONSTITUTION. So only BHARAT name is appropriate.

印度斯坦这个名字很有争议，不符合一个世俗国家的原则，不符合宪法的基本原则，只有巴拉特这个名字才合适。

mushtaq Qadri

Actual name of the country Hindustan should be retained as it's accepted by all communities in India

印度斯坦这个名字应该保留，印度所有社区所都接受这个名字

I Love English

Hindustan will be a nice name

印度斯坦是个好名字