Supreme Court of India

Sanjeev Bhatnagar v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [2005] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 371
Bench R.C. Lahoti and P.K. Balasubramany An JJ.
Decided 13 May 2005

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I Constitution of India 1950-Artic/e 32-Public Interest Litigation- Seeking deletion of word 'Sindh' from the Natiokal Anthem as 'Sindh' no I longer part of India post partition-Held: NationaltAnthem is song expressing patriotic feelings and not a chronicle defining te;riiory of nation which has adopted the anthem- 'Sindh' is not just a geogrJphical region, it refers to place and to its people spread throughout the country-Further, issue raised neither constitutional nor there is enforcement of ahy fundamental right- /so ' petition not in public interest-Hence, petition rejected-Article 5/ .

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