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A Buddhist activist has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Union Governments directions prescribing the singing and playing of the complete six-stanza version of Vande Mataram at specified official occasions, contending that the mandate has implications for secularism, religious freedom and constitutional fraternity. The writ petition has been filed by BD Borkar, a Nagpur-based Buddhist [] The post Buddhist activist challenges Centres six-stanza Vande Mataram mandate before Supreme Court ap

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Ahmed Bawa @ Abbu Abubakar Barelvi, one of the 38 convicts sentenced to capital punishment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Augustine George Masih passed the order while hearing Barelvis [] The post Supreme Court puts Ahmed Bawa Barelvis death sentence on hold in Ahmedabad blasts case appeared first on India Legal .