Karnataka High Court defers hearing in PIL challenging State order limiting Vande Mataram to 2 stanzas
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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the State government's decision to limit the singing of Vande Mataram to its first two stanzas at government functions [Girish Bharadwaj v State of Karnataka].A Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice TP Vivekananda directed that the plea be listed after three weeks.This was after the State pointed out that a similar matter is pending before the Supreme Court.A petition filed by Carnat