“The Supreme Court of India had ordered the Centre to rename India as ‘Bharat’ in all languages from 15 June 2021”
What FACTLY found
In May 2020, a writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court of India (SCI) to change the name of the country from India to ‘Bharat’. A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde had refused to pass any directions to amend the constitution for such name change. The Supreme Court had reiterated in their judgement that India is already called ‘Bharat’ in the constitution. The Supreme Court had said that the writ petition should be treated as a representation and asked the Centre to take a decision on it. Supr...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 May 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 26 May 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.