Allahabad High Court division bench while hearing a PIL filed by Chandra Bhushan Pandey has given permission to the Gram Panchayats to hoist the National Flag from August 11 to 17 on a PIL requesting to hoist the national flag daily in every gram panchayat of the state.
The PIL filed in Supreme Court seeks direction to the Centre and State Government to ensure that ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ and ‘Vandemataram’ is played and sung in all schools, educational institutions on every working day and to frame guidelines in spirit of the Constituent Assembly Resolution dated 24.01.1950.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday disposed of a plea praying for placing the National Flag, the Statue of Justice, as also the National Emblem in Delhi Courts.
The petitioner has sought directions to take action against the perpetrators of Republic Day violence that left one farmer dead and many police personnel injured.