{"id":45969,"date":"2016-11-30T07:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T01:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=45969"},"modified":"2016-11-30T07:25:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T01:55:35","slug":"national-anthem-must-played-screening-films-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/national-anthem-must-played-screening-films-sc","title":{"rendered":"National anthem must be played before screening of films: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44262\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44262\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centre-files-caveat-sc-issue-delhis-ut-status\/supreme-court-1\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"276,183\" 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=\"supreme court 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?fit=276%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?resize=276%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"National anthem must be played before screening of films: SC\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?w=276&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/supreme-court-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National anthem must be played before screening of films: SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today directed that cinema halls across the country must play the national anthem before the screening of a film and people should stand up as a mark of respect.<\/p>\n<p>The court also directed that the national flag should be shown on screen when the anthem is played.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People must feel this is my country and this is my motherland,&#8221; a bench of justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said while stressing that it is the duty of every citizen of the country to show respect to the national anthem and the flag.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the root of protocol for national anthem, is respect for national identity, integrity and constitutional patriotism,&#8221; the bench said while directing the Centre that the order should be given effect in a week&#8217;s time and be circulated to all States and Union Territories through chief secretaries.<\/p>\n<p>It also said no person should take commercial benefits by playing the anthem and that it should not be dramatised.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court said the anthem should not be printed or displayed on undesirable objects, and also barred it from being played on variety shows and its abridged version anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Directing that its order be shown in electronic and print media and be followed in letter and spirit, the court said, &#8220;Time has come when people should feel they live in a nation&#8221; and &#8220;even in Shastras, nationalism was accepted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s directions came on a PIL filed by Shyam Narayan Chouksey seeking directions that the national anthem should be played in cinema halls across the country before a film begins and proper norms and protocol be fixed regarding its playing and singing at official functions and the programmes where constitutional dignitaries are present.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had last month issued notice to the Centre asking it to specify what would constitute disrespect to the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today directed that cinema halls across the country must play the national anthem before the screening of a film and people should stand up as a mark of respect. 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