{"id":30525,"date":"2013-10-14T12:51:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T07:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=30525"},"modified":"2013-10-14T12:51:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T07:21:06","slug":"jammu-kashmir-high-court-frowns-religious-nationalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jammu-kashmir-high-court-frowns-religious-nationalism","title":{"rendered":"Jammu and Kashmir High Court frowns on religious &#8216;nationalism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">In a landmark judgment, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has said the use of terms like &#8220;Hindu nationalist&#8221;, &#8220;Muslim nationalist&#8221;, &#8220;Sikh nationalist&#8221; and &#8220;Christian nationalist&#8221; were abhorrent to the Indian constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The copy of the judgment, delivered a day ago, was made available to the media Friday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/jammu-kashmir-high-court-frowns-religious-nationalism\/religious-nationalism\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?fit=223%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"223,226\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"religious &amp;#8216;nationalism&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?fit=148%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?fit=223%2C226&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30526\" alt=\"religious 'nationalism'\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?resize=223%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"223\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?w=223&amp;ssl=1 223w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/religious-nationalism.jpg?resize=148%2C150&amp;ssl=1 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;In our constitutional scheme, a citizen of India is only an &#8216;Indian&#8217;. No person can claim himself to be &#8216;Hindu nationalist, Muslim nationalist, Sikh nationalist, Buddhist nationalist or Christian nationalist&#8217;,&#8221; Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar said, while delivering the judgment<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The constitutional provisions, mention of some of which has been made in this order, does, in loud, clear and unambiguous terms, forbid using of such expression\/s. A person, who persists in use of such expression\/s and in fact, believes in such a thought has to be dealt with and proceeded against in accordance with the mandate contained in the constitution and other laws of the land,&#8221; the judgment said.<\/p>\n<p>The judgment came while the court was hearing a petition from Sanjay Tickoo pleading for protection of religious shrines in the Valley that belonged to migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The High Court said: &#8220;India belongs to &#8220;Indians&#8221; who constitute one nation. The constitution of India does not recognize &#8220;Hindu nationalism, Muslim nationalism, Sikh nationalism, Buddhist nationalism or Christian nationalism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>(Source:IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a landmark judgment, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has said the use of terms like &#8220;Hindu nationalist&#8221;, &#8220;Muslim nationalist&#8221;, &#8220;Sikh nationalist&#8221; and &#8220;Christian nationalist&#8221; were abhorrent to the Indian constitution. 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