New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Centre’s notification to observe June 25 as ‘Samvidhan Murder Day’.
The court, while rejecting the petition, said that this notification cannot be called an insult to the Constitution under any circumstances. Apart from this, it does not even come under the category of national insult. Petitioner Sameer Malik had argued that the emergency was imposed under Article 352 of the Constitution, so how can it be called ‘murder of the Constitution’.
The court said that the order of the Central Government is not against Article 352 of the Constitution but against the misuse of power. This notification does not in any way weaken or insult the Constitution of the country or national pride. Politicians have always been calling it a murder of democracy. The court does not see any reason to interfere in this.
The central government had issued a notification to celebrate 25 June as Samvidhan Hatya Diwas to pay tribute to the people who lost their lives during the emergency imposed by the Congress government on 25 June 1975. The opposition had opposed this decision of the government. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Delhi High Court against this order, which was dismissed on Friday.
