The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to file a response on a plea seeking declaration that ‘Vande Mataram’ be honoured equally with national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’, asserting that the song played a historic part in the struggle for India’s Independence. The bench was hearing the PIL filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay who further sought that the …
A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking a declaration that the song 'Vande Mataram' shall be honoured equally with 'Jana-Gana-Mana' thereby having equal status with it in spirit of the Statement made by the Constituent Assembly Chairman Dr. Rajendra Prasad with regard to the National Anthem, on January 24, 1950. The plea filed by …