Concept Of National Song Not In Our Constitution: SC [Read Order]

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea to frame a national policy to promote and propagate the national song and national flag in spirit of the Article 51A to achieve the great golden goals, as set out in the Preamble of the Constitution.The bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R Banumati and Justice Mohan M Shantagoudar, while rejecting the prayer of BJP. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea to frame a national policy to promote and propagate the national song and national flag in spirit of the Article 51A to achieve the great golden goals, as set out in the Preamble of the Constitution. The bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice R Banumati and Justice Mohan M Shantagoudar, while rejecting the prayer of BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, observed that Article 51A of the Constitution of India does not refer to 'national song'. Regarding another prayer in the writ petition that “d) ascertain the feasibility of singing / playing the National Anthem and National Song in the Parliament/Assembly, Public Officers, Courts and Schools on every working day,” the bench replied: “In the earlier writ petition, a contention was advanced by the learned Attorney General for India pertaining to schools and, therefore, as far as the prayer relating to 'schools on every working day' is concerned, it is kept alive.