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Activist Borkar petitions Supreme Court over six-stanza Vande Mataram

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 4:02 AM UTC · How we work

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Activist B.D. Borkar petitioned the Supreme Court against the six-stanza Vande Mataram order.
He says Jan 28 and July 9 2026 orders replaced the two-stanza version used for 79 years.
The petition calls the six-stanza text a religious war song violating 14, 15, 19(1)(a-b), 21, 25 and 28(3).
Borkar seeks declaration that only the two-stanza composition be recognised as National Song.
On Sep 22, Justice Surya Kant’s bench cited the 1986 Bijoe Emmanuel ruling, stating cannot compel singing.

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Activist B.D. Borkar petitioned the Supreme Court against the six-stanza Vande Mataram order.
He says Jan 28 and July 9 2026 orders replaced the two-stanza version used for 79 years.
The petition calls the six-stanza text a religious war song violating 14, 15, 19(1)(a-b), 21, 25 and 28(3).
Borkar seeks declaration that only the two-stanza composition be recognised as National Song.
On Sep 22, Justice Surya Kant’s bench cited the 1986 Bijoe Emmanuel ruling, stating cannot compel singing.