State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 is an Act of Parliament of India which regulates the improper or commercial usage of the Emblem of India. The emblem of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath. The Emblem constitutes of three lions, the fourth being hidden from view. The Ashoka Chakra (wheel) appears in relief in the center of the abacus, with a bull on the right and a galloping horse on the left, and outlines of Dharma Chakras on the extreme
R. Ashoka R. Ashoka R. Ashoka is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He was one of the Deputy Chief ministers of the state in the BJP government headed by Jagadish Shettar from 2012 to 2013. Hailing from the dominant Vokkaliga community, He represents the Padmanabhanagar constituency of Bangalore city in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. During Emergency (1975–77), he was arrested and detained in prison along with senior leaders like L.K. Advani at the Central Jail in Bengaluru. He was first elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the 1997 by-Elections from Uttarahalli Constituency, which was the biggest state