SC to continue hearing of 1995 Hindutva verdict
January 02, 2017  10:07
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The Supreme Court will on Monday continue its hearing on the Hindutva case which deals with electoral malpractices arising out of its 1995 judgment. Earlier, during the hearing by a seven judge Constitutional bench, the apex court had said that it wont reconsider 1995 judgment which defined Hindutva as a way of life and not a religion.


The observations came after an on interlocutory application filed by social activist Teesta Setalvad requested the bench to reconsider the 95 judgment. A seven-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, said the court will not go into the larger debate as to what is Hindutva or what its meaning is and will not reconsider the 1995 judgment.


The remarks were made by the bench when some advocates sought to intervene in the ongoing hearing which commenced last Tuesday. Setalvad had sought the Supreme Courts intervention in the matter with an application stating that religion and politics should not be mixed and a direction be passed to delink religion from politics.
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