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Supreme Court Judgement On Hindutva





Hindu Books > Hindutva > Supreme Court Judgement On "Hindutva" An Important Land Mark

Preface

The recent judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court uphold- ing contention urged by the appellants before it, belong- ing to Shiv Sena and B.J.P. to the effect that an appeal to the voters to vote for Hindutwa/Hinduism by itself does not amount to an appeal to vote on the 5round of religion ....

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Proposition Of Behalf Of The Appellant

The purport of the speeches was that for all serious problems of corruption, fissiparous tendencies, lack of patriotism among a few citizens, internal and external threat to the unity and integrity of the Nation referred to in the speeches ....

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Extracts From The Judgment Of Hon'ble Supreme Court

A reference to the Address of the President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, as the then Vice-President of India, on "Secularism in the Indian Ethos" while delivering Dr. Zakir Hussain Memorial Lecture of Vishva-Bharati, Shantiniketan, on 29-4-1989 is useful.

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"Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah"

It gives me great pleasure to associate myself with the First Convocation of the National Law School of India University. I thank the authorities in the University for their kind invitation to me to be with you on this important occasion.

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The Hindu Phenomenon : A Unique Phenomenon

The first point that needs to be emphasized in a meaning- ful discussion of Hindu nationalism is that it is someth- ing altogether different from other types of national- isms, with the Possible exception of the Chinese about which it is premature to say anything definite since ....

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The Essential Teachings Of Hinduism

The term Hindu was first used by the medieval Muslim invaders to describe the dwellers of the Indus valley. But the culture we now know as Hinduism and which the Indians call Sanatana Dharma - Eternal Law - predates that label by thousands of years.

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Supplement Chawla's Elections : Law And Practice

The crucial debate in the Election of 1991 falls to be considered under S. 123(3) of the Representation of People Act because the Bharatiya Janata Party (and the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra) have adopted the credo of nationalism which the opposing parties regard as Hindu communalism.

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Teachings Of Swami Vivekananda

In India there never was any religious persecution by the Hindus, but only the wonderful reverence which they have for all the religions of the world. They sheltered a portion of the Hebrews, when they were driven out of their own country: and the Malabar Jews remain as a result.

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The New Encyclopedia Britannica

Ayodhya, also called Oudh, or Awadh, town, Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, on the Ghaghara (Gogra) River. An ancient city, Ayodhya is regarded as one of the seven holy places of the Hindus.

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Extract From Sitayana

All power, Bharata, is like poison;
when it came as the first gift
of the churning of the ocean; Shiva
quaffed and stayed it in His throat

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Extracts From The Report Of The Commission Of Inquiry On Communal Disturbances

The causes of the communal tension, as given by the different persons in their written statements can be summed up as follows ....

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Extracts From World Thinkers On Ramakrishna - Vivekananda

Today we are still living in this transitional chapter of the world's history, but it is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to end in the self destruction of human race.

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My Picture Of Free India

India is to me the dearest country in the world, not because it is my country but because I have discovered goodness in it. It has been subject to foreign rule, it is true: but its subjection too is a proof of its goodness. The status of a slave is preferable to that of a slave holder.

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Swami Vivekananda On India And Her Problems

"The debt which the world owes to our motherland is immense. Taking country with country there is not one race on this earth to which the world owes so much as to the patient Hindu, the mild Hindu."

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The Hindu View Of Life

"Let us now turn to the practical side of Hinduism. Hinduism is more, a way of life than form of thought. While it gives absolute liberty in the world of thought it enjoins a strict code of practice.

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India - What Can It Teach Us ?

"It I were to look over the whole world to find out the country most richly endowed with all the wealth, power and beauty that nature can bestow in some parts a very paradise on earth - I should point to India."

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Meaning Of 'Hindutva' And 'Hinduism'

The next contention relates to the meaning of Hindutva and Hinduism and the effect of the use of these expressions in the election speeches.

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Supreme Court Judgment On Hindutva Flawless

Judgment of the Supreme Court on the meaning of Hindutwa has received mixed reactions as it has happened always whenever the Apex Court delivered any important judgment.

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Author - Shri M. Rama Jois

(Senior Advocate, Supreme Court)

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