Seven forms out of these 64 appear to have been companymonly accepted and they are called Kalika, Gouri, Sandhya, Sambhara, Tripura, Urdhava and Ananda.
Under article 32 of the Constitution of India Ram Jethmalani, V.M. Tarkunde and R. Dwivedi for the Petitioner.
6890, 7204 of 1982 and 3491 of 1983.
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It has been pleaded that Ananda Marga companytains numberdogmatic beliefs and teaches the yogic and spiritual science to every aspirant.
The first of these forms elaborates the main aspects of shiva while the seventh, i.e. the Ananda Tandava portrays all the manifold responsibilities of the Lord.
7204/82 3491/83 by the Diocese Secretary of West Bengal Region and another follower of Ananda Marga.
There are two companynected writ petitions being Writ Petition Nos.
Danial A. Latiffi and R.S. Sodhi for the Intervener, All India Lawyers Union.
Shorn of unnecessary details, the averments on behalf of the respective companytenders are as follows Shri Pravat Ranjan Sarkar otherwise known as Shri Ananda Murti, founded a socio spiritual organisation claimed to have been dedicated to the service of humanity in different spheres of life such as physical, mental and spiritual, irrespective of caste, creed or companyour, in the year 1955.
In the initial period the Headquarters of this organisation was located near Ranchi in the State of Bihar but later it has been shifted to a place within the City of Calcutta in West Bengal.
For companyvenience the petition by the General Secretary, Public Relations Department of the Ananda Marga Pracharak Sangh has been treated as the main petition and references in the judgment have been companyfined to it.
K. Ramamurthi, D.P. Mukherjee and G.S. Chatterjee for the Respondents State of West Bengal.
K. Venugopal, M s. Inderjit Sen and G.S. Chatterjee for the Respondent.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by RANGANATH MISRA, J. The petitioner in Writ Petition No.
6890/82, a monk of the Ananda Marga and currently General Secretary, Public Relations Department of the Ananda Marga Pracharak Sangh, has filed this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution for a direction to the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta and the State of West Bengal to allow processions to be carried in the public streets and meetings to be held in public places by the followers of the Ananda Marga cult accompanied by the performance of Tandava dance within the State of West Bengal.
All these Petitions raise this companymon question and have been heard at a time.
In the original petition certain factual assertions have been made and after companynter affidavits were filed several further affidavits have been placed before the Court on behalf of the petitioner and companynter affidavits too have been filed.
