News from Behindwood says :
The controversy surrounding the Jana
Gana Mana album by A.R.Rahman came
to an end today, with the Chief
Justice A.P. Shah and Justice
Jyothimani dismissing the petition
to ban the album. According to the
petitioner, Mohanraj, General
Secretary of Jebamani Janata Party,
the music directors intention to
release the album was to cash in on
the national anthem.
Moreover, he alleged that the national
anthem should be sung within stipulated
seconds but Rahman has sung it for over seven
minutes.
The judges, while dismissing the petition on
both counts, said that it is the right of the
citizens to sing the national anthem and it cannot
be deemed as an act of disrespect. Also they
gave the verdict that there is no such rule as
to the stipulated time.
Muhammadh Rikaz
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