raj2rif
February 6th, 2005, 05:52 PM
Dear Members:
I would request members to post their views on this subject. I personally feel, that we should stand up in the honor of our national anthem. In miliraty, when we play retreat in the evening, all people irrespective of their rank, stand still where ever they are. I am sure, standing in the honor of National Anthem does not cost any thing. Even if one says how does the National Anthem gets honored by some one standing and gets disrespected if some one is sitting, I personally feel that even for the sake of tradition we must stand up in the honor of our national anthem.
INDORE: A revision petition challenging a local court order that not standing at attention during National Anthem cannot be considered as an 'obstruction', was filed in the district and sessions court on Saturday.
Challenging the order in the court of district and session judge, the counsel for the Tiranga Abhiyan, a non-governmental organisation, urged the court it will be a "serious legal mistake" to treat a person sitting during the National Anthem as not obstruction.
The counsel Shailendra Dwivedi said in the prevention of insult to the National Honour Act of 1971, it has been stated any obstruction during rendition of the National Anthem is a "disrespect" to the Anthem.
He said the lower court has not considered as obstruction while dismissing a petition against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi for being seated at the time of the playing of the National Anthem.
The Act has not described the "reasons for obstructions" and in that scenario the ruling of the lower court "is a serious legal mistake," Dwivedi said in his petition.
"If sitting and reading of a person is not an obstruction, when the other persons were standing in an attention position during the National Anthem, then other activities too like lying down, sleeping and eating will not be treated as obstruction during the National Anthem," he said.
Since the country is independent, it is the moral duty of every person to stand in the honour of the National Anthem and is more important for those occupying high posts in the country as people emulate them and their acts as role model, Dwivedi said.
He prayed to the court to quash the lower court order by taking cognizance of the facts mentioned in the petition on its merits.
The petition was filed on the basis of a photograph published in an eveninger on January 5, showing the couple sitting, while others were standing at attention when National Anthem was played at a function in Bihar.
The court has fixed February 7, as the next date of hearing in the case.
I would request members to post their views on this subject. I personally feel, that we should stand up in the honor of our national anthem. In miliraty, when we play retreat in the evening, all people irrespective of their rank, stand still where ever they are. I am sure, standing in the honor of National Anthem does not cost any thing. Even if one says how does the National Anthem gets honored by some one standing and gets disrespected if some one is sitting, I personally feel that even for the sake of tradition we must stand up in the honor of our national anthem.
INDORE: A revision petition challenging a local court order that not standing at attention during National Anthem cannot be considered as an 'obstruction', was filed in the district and sessions court on Saturday.
Challenging the order in the court of district and session judge, the counsel for the Tiranga Abhiyan, a non-governmental organisation, urged the court it will be a "serious legal mistake" to treat a person sitting during the National Anthem as not obstruction.
The counsel Shailendra Dwivedi said in the prevention of insult to the National Honour Act of 1971, it has been stated any obstruction during rendition of the National Anthem is a "disrespect" to the Anthem.
He said the lower court has not considered as obstruction while dismissing a petition against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi for being seated at the time of the playing of the National Anthem.
The Act has not described the "reasons for obstructions" and in that scenario the ruling of the lower court "is a serious legal mistake," Dwivedi said in his petition.
"If sitting and reading of a person is not an obstruction, when the other persons were standing in an attention position during the National Anthem, then other activities too like lying down, sleeping and eating will not be treated as obstruction during the National Anthem," he said.
Since the country is independent, it is the moral duty of every person to stand in the honour of the National Anthem and is more important for those occupying high posts in the country as people emulate them and their acts as role model, Dwivedi said.
He prayed to the court to quash the lower court order by taking cognizance of the facts mentioned in the petition on its merits.
The petition was filed on the basis of a photograph published in an eveninger on January 5, showing the couple sitting, while others were standing at attention when National Anthem was played at a function in Bihar.
The court has fixed February 7, as the next date of hearing in the case.