{"id":44918,"date":"2016-09-16T10:14:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T04:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44918"},"modified":"2016-09-16T10:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T04:44:28","slug":"bombay-hc-declines-stay-bmc-resolution-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-hc-declines-stay-bmc-resolution-yoga","title":{"rendered":"Bombay HC declines stay on BMC resolution on yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39352\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/no-copyright-protection-over-yoga-poses-us-court\/yoga\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/yoga.png?fit=331%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"331,152\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yoga\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/yoga.png?fit=331%2C152&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-39352 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/yoga.png?resize=300%2C138&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bombay HC declines stay on BMC resolution on yoga \" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/yoga.png?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/yoga.png?w=331&amp;ssl=1 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bombay HC declines stay on BMC resolution on yoga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Bombay High Court today declined to grant an interim stay on implementation of a resolution making yoga and &#8216;Surya Namaskar&#8217; (sun salutation) mandatory in civic schools in the metropolis, saying it is just a form of exercise which is good for the body.<\/p>\n<p>Masood Ansari, a social worker, had filed a public interest litigation in the HC challenging the August 23 resolution passed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), contending that it violated fundamental rights and is &#8220;malafide and bad in law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to the petitioner, children attending BMC- run schools mainly belong to poorer sections of society and come from all religions, castes and communities.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice M S Sonak, however, observed that people should not look at it just by the name &#8216;Suryanamaskar&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t go by the name&#8230; it is just a form of exercise which is good for the body,&#8221; Chief Justice Chellur said.<\/p>\n<p>The HC, while posting the petition for further hearing after two weeks, declined to grant an interim stay on implementation of the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Anjali Awasthi, counsel for the petitioner, argued today that minor students cannot be expected to perform `Surya Namaskar&#8217;, which a combination of 12 `asanas&#8217;, daily.<\/p>\n<p>To this, the HC said it would consider this argument at a later stage and would call for a report to ascertain if the sun salutation exercise can be performed by minors.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court today declined to grant an interim stay on implementation of a resolution making yoga and &#8216;Surya Namaskar&#8217; (sun salutation) mandatory in civic schools in the metropolis, saying it is just a form of exercise which is good for the body. 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