Let the supreme court decide that Kendriya Vidyalaya's Morning Prayer Promote Hinduism?
Let the supreme court decide that Kendriya Vidyalaya's Morning Prayer Promote Hinduism?
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The court was acting on a request by a lawyer who argues that the morning prayer is in violation of the constitution as it promotes a particular religion. The lawyer's children also studied in the Kendriya Vidyalaya. Whether a morning prayer sung in Hindi or in Sanskrit at Kendriya Vidyalayas or central government-run schools across the country promotes the Hindu religion will be examined by the Supreme Court, which asked for the center's view today.

"It is a serious constitutional issue," the top court stated, asking the center and the Kendriya Vidyalayas to respond within two weeks to a petition that says the prayer is unconstitutional as it promotes a particular religion.The prayer in Hindi has featured in the morning assembly in more than 1,100 Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country since 1964. There are also Sanskrit words in it.The court has acted on a petition by a lawyer who argues that the prayer, which the students have to sing with their eyes closed and folded hands, is in violation of the constitution. "The prayer is in Hindi and Sanskrit. Students of other religions have to compulsorily attend the assembly and recite it," said Vinayak Shah, whose children also studied in the Kendriya Vidyalaya.  "There is no scientific reason to call this prayer beneficial, so it should be scrapped," said the lawyer.

 

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