'Offends Secular Colour Of Country' :Meghalaya HC DB Sets Aside Judgment With 'Hindu Rashtra' Remarks [Read Judgment]

The controversial judgment passed by the single bench of Justice S R Sen of Meghalaya High Court observing that India ought to have been declared a "Hindu Rashtra", has been set aside by the Division Bench in appeal.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Mohammed Yakoob Mir and Justice H S Thangkhiew observed that the judgment was "legally flawed and inconsistent with. The controversial judgment passed by the single bench of Justice S R Sen of Meghalaya High Court observing that India ought to have been declared a "Hindu Rashtra", has been set aside by the Division Bench in appeal. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Mohammed Yakoob Mir and Justice H S Thangkhiew observed that the judgment was "legally flawed and inconsistent with constitutional principles". While setting aside the judgment in appeal by the Meghalaya Government, the Division Bench observed : "After bestowing our thoughtful consideration to the entire gamut of the matter we have reached to a firm conclusion that the judgment impugned dated 10.12.2018 is legally flawed and is in-consistent with the constitutional principles, the observations made and directions passed therein are totally superfluous, therefore, is set aside in its entirety, as such shall be non est" The Division Bench observed that the issue in the the writ petition was very simple i.e.