{"id":38050,"date":"2015-06-20T04:45:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T04:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38050"},"modified":"2015-06-20T04:45:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T04:45:14","slug":"mp-hc-admits-plea-against-sachins-bharat-ratna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mp-hc-admits-plea-against-sachins-bharat-ratna","title":{"rendered":"MP HC admits plea against Sachin&#8217;s Bharat Ratna"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38051\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sachin.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mp-hc-admits-plea-against-sachins-bharat-ratna\/sachin\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sachin.jpg?fit=806%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"806,605\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sachin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sachin.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38051 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sachin.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" MP HC admits plea against Sachin's Bharat Ratna \" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sachin.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/sachin.jpg?w=806&amp;ssl=1 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MP HC admits plea against Sachin&#8217;s Bharat Ratna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Madhya Pradesh High Court has admitted a petition seeking stripping of the Bharat Ratna awarded to cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar for allegedly using the &#8220;fame&#8221; of the honour in &#8220;earning money by endorsing commercial products.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A high court bench comprising Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice K K Trivedi yesterday issued a directive to Assistant Solicitor General to find out if there are any Supreme Court guidelines (do&#8217;s and dont&#8217;s) for Bharat Ratna awardees and get back to it in a week&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner V K Naswah, a resident of Bhopal, stated that Sachin is a popular figure as has accomplished many a world record in the game of cricket for the country.<\/p>\n<p>Naswah accused Sachin of exploiting the &#8220;fame&#8221; of the highest civilian award to promote commercial products and earn money which he said was against the dignity, legacy, and tenets of the highest civilian award.<\/p>\n<p>Naswah said that Sachin should return the award on moral ground and if he fails to do so the central government should strip him of the honour.<\/p>\n<p>Sachin recommends more than 12 brands including Aviva Life Insurance, Boost (malt-based nutrition drink), MRF, Luminous and realtor Amit Enterprises. 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