{"id":164844,"date":"2017-10-23T20:49:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T15:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=164844"},"modified":"2017-10-25T11:17:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T05:47:38","slug":"take-call-playing-national-anthem-cinema-halls-sc-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/10\/23\/take-call-playing-national-anthem-cinema-halls-sc-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a call on playing National Anthem in Cinema Halls: SC to Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Supreme Court<\/strong>: In the application seeking recall of the order dated <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.scconline.com\/post\/2016\/12\/01\/all-cinema-halls-to-play-national-anthem-with-the-national-flag-on-the-screen-before-the-film-starts\/\">30.11.2016<\/a> where the bench of Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, JJ held that all cinema halls to play National Anthem, with the National Flag on the screen, before the film starts, the 3-judge bench Dipak Misra, CJ and AM Khanwilkar and Dr DY Chandrachud, JJ said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cthe Central Government should take a call in this regard and, if necessary, as advised, may bring out the requisite notification or circular or rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, however, clarified that the discretion rests with the Central Government and it is to be exercised without being influenced by the interim order. 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Union of India,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/13q07Y9p\"> 2017 SCC OnLine SC 1244<\/a>, order dated 23.10.2017]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpcf7-contact-form-not-found\"><strong>Error:<\/strong> Contact form not found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court: In the application seeking recall of the order dated 30.11.2016 where the bench of Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, JJ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":154914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[14181,10891],"class_list":["post-164844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-supremecourt","tag-fundamental-duty","tag-national-anthem"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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