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English: Supreme Court of India Logo
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http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/courtnews/2009_issue_1.pdf
Supreme Court of India, administrative document
(The sources use this emblem File:Emblem of the Supreme Court of India (Black and white).jpg, with 32 spokes for the topmost wheel.)
References:

(in English) (24 May 2021) Flags, Color, and the Legal Narrative: Public Memory, Identity, and Critique, Springer Nature, p. 406 ISBN: 978-3-030-32865-8. "A slightly different (32-spoke) version of the same wheel adorns the logo of the Supreme Court of India as a visual declaration of righteouness, authority and truth"
Author Supreme Court of India Website
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Logo isolated and vectorized from official Court document pdf. This website is covered under the Indian Right to Information Act that allows the creation of websites of government branches for free distribution of information to the general public. No completely free image can be created since the usage of this logo to impersonate the Court would amount to fraud. However the logo may be used to accurately depict information regarding the court itself.
Other versions
File:Emblem of the Supreme Court of India (Black and white).jpg
Actual 32-spoked wheel from the website of the Supreme Court [1]
File:Emblem of the Supreme Court of India.jpg
Actual emblem of the Supreme Court, capital with 32 spoked-wheel.

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