{"id":46036,"date":"2016-12-05T05:10:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T23:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46036"},"modified":"2016-12-05T05:10:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T23:40:35","slug":"scs-national-anthem-order-experts-different-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/scs-national-anthem-order-experts-different-views","title":{"rendered":"SC&#8217;s national anthem order: Experts have different views"},"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=\"SC's national anthem order: Experts have different views\" 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\">SC&#8217;s national anthem order: Experts have different views<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court order directing cinema halls to play the national anthem before screening to &#8220;instill committed patriotism and nationalism&#8221; has received mixed reactions from legal experts with a few terming it as &#8220;judiciary&#8217;s over-enthusiasm&#8221; and others saying playing it and respecting it won&#8217;t cause any harm.<\/p>\n<p>While former Attorney General and noted lawyer Soli Sorabjee said courts cannot direct the public to stand up and do anything, senior advocate K T S Tulsi said judiciary should not go into the areas which does not belong to it.<\/p>\n<p>However, Meenakshi Lekhi, a lawyer and BJP MP from New Delhi constituency, has no reservation on the Supreme Court order saying respecting the anthem &#8220;causes no harm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;National anthem is sung at various places like schools, public functions, events etc. What&#8217;s the harm in playing it at another venue? It causes no harm and it is natural to stand up when the anthem is played,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Tulsi and senior advocate K K Venugopal were of the view that this order could lead to law-and-order problem as it would be difficult for theatre owners to make people stand especially children and elderly viewers or those who are physically challenged.<\/p>\n<p>Sorabjee, who termed the order as judiciary&#8217;s over enthusiasm, said, &#8220;They can give directions to the executive government to amend the acts. But they can&#8217;t give directions by themselves to stand up, to do this, do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lekhi said the law is clear about the national anthem as it was already mentioned in the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court had just read the law,&#8221; she said, adding that people living in the country must abide by the law of the land.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tulsi reminded the judiciary that its primary responsibility is &#8220;adjudication&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Courts must think through on what is their jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Their primary responsibility is adjudication. Adjudication is getting delaying for decades and we are going into areas which don&#8217;t belong to us,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t agree with the judgement at all. Firstly it&#8217;s not the function of the courts to decide what public behaviour is ought to be. It will create a huge problem to ensure that the national anthem is not disrespected,&#8221; Tulsi said, adding some persons may even overreact and may result in a fist fight when a disabled-man or somebody chose not to stand up.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court order directing cinema halls to play the national anthem before screening to &#8220;instill committed patriotism and nationalism&#8221; has received mixed reactions from legal experts with a few terming it as &#8220;judiciary&#8217;s over-enthusiasm&#8221; and others saying playing it and respecting it won&#8217;t cause any harm. 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