High Court of Judicature Madras, 1962 - First Day Cover

सत्यमेव जयते
satyameva jayate 

"Truth alone triumphs"

This motto adorns the Insignia of the High Court of Madras. The FDC issued on 6.8.1962 on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the High Court of Madras carries this emblem.

This is a famous quotation from the Muṇḍakopaniṣad, 3.1.6 which belongs to the Atharvaveda. The version there is "जयति" instead of "जयते".

The full text of the mantra and its meaning -- 

सत्यमेव जयति नानृतं सत्येन पन्था विततो देवयानः ।
येनाक्रमन्त्यृषयो ह्याप्तकामा यत्र तत् सत्यस्य परमं निधानम् ॥

satyameva jayate nānṛtaṁ satyena panthā vitato devayānaḥ

yenākramantyṛṣayo hyāptakāmā yatra tat satyasya paramaṁ nidhānam

Truth alone wins, not falsehood; by truth, the Devayānaḥ (path of the Gods) is widened, that by which the seers travel on having nothing to wish for to where there is that, -- the highest truth attained by truth.*