Sanjeev Bhatnagar VS. Union Of India & Ors.

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Sanjeev Bhatnagar VS. Union Of India & Ors.

CASE NO.: Writ Petition (civil) 16 of 2005

PETITIONER: Sanjeev Bhatnagar

RESPONDENT: Union of India & Ors.

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 13/05/2005

BENCH: CJI R.C. Lahoti & P.K. Balasubramanyan

JUDGMENT: J U D G M E N T

R.C. LAHOTI, CJI On 24th January 1950, the Constituent Assembly of India finally met to sign the Constitution. The question of having a National Anthem for India as a free country and a nation was under consideration. The Constituent Assembly had appointed a Committee to make recommendations about the final selection of a National Anthem.

After deliberations it was considered desirable to leave it with the President to make a declaration in the Assembly on the question of adopting a National Anthem for India. In the Constitution Hall, on 24th January 1950, where the Constituent Assembly of India finally met to sign the C...

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