A post is being shared on social media claiming that as per the Supreme Court’s direction, from June 15, 2020, India will be known as ‘Bharat’ in every language.
“From June 15, India’s name will remain BHARAT only in every language – Supreme Court
Long live Mother India“- the message read.

FACT CHECK

NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found the claim to be false.
We ran a search using relevant keywords and found that several reports by various media outlets stating that the Supreme Court has refused to intervene in the matter.
According to a report by NDTV, the SC on June 3, 2020, said that the government can treat it as a representation.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, in a virtual hearing, said that India is already called ‘Bharat’ in the Constitution itself. The court said the petition be transformed into a representation and forwarded to the ministries.

The directive came in response to a plea seeking to amend the Constitution and replace the word India with ‘Bharat’ or ‘Hindustan’. The plea was filed by a Delhi-based businessman.
The petitioner’s argument was that the name ‘India’ had not been derived from within the country; it is a name of Greek origin born from the word ‘Indica’ and hence it symbolizes ‘slave mentality’.
The above information proves that the court did not order a change in India’s name to Bharat from June 15. Hence, the claim is false.

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