Legal issue: seeking remedy for direction to the Central Government for constituting “renaming Commission” for finding out the original names of ancient, historical, cultural, and religious places. The legal provisions which were in to consideration are Preamble, Secularism, and Article 32 of the constitution of India.

The court held that -

Court stated that secularism under the Constitution implies the attitude of the State towards religions, religious sects and denominations, religion cannot be mixed with any secular activity of the State. Explaining secularism as more than passive attitude of religious tolerance the court stated to be a positive concept of equal treatment of all religions, one of benevolent neutrality. Accordingly, the reliefs that were sought for of renaming of ancient historical places from the one named under the title of barbaric invaders and Muslim rulers was dismissed.