Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Against Six-Stanza Vande Mataram Orders of the Home Ministry, and lists them on November 30 with TM Krishna’s plea.
Two other petitions already challenge the Home Ministry’s orders on the National Song; now a former IAS officer has moved the Supreme Court against the six-stanza Anandamath version, contending that the orders violate secularism and freedom of conscience. New Delhi: Under Article 32, a former IAS officer and ex-chairman of the Kerala State Scheduled Castes […]
Ambedkarite activist BD Borkar has moved the Supreme Court against the Home Ministry’s January 28 and July 9, 2026 orders prescribing the six-stanza Vande Mataram and the 2026 amendment to the national-honour law, arguing that the additional stanzas invoke Hindu deities and that the MHA has no power to change the National Song by executive order.
A PIL before the Karnataka High Court challenges the State’s September 8 order restricting Vande Mataram to its first two stanzas at most government programmes, arguing that prescribing the content of a national symbol falls within the Union’s exclusive competence and that the Cabinet decision was taken without a note, a sponsoring department or legal consultation. The petition does not seek to compel anyone to sing. The Court is expected to take it up shortly.
