Vande Mataram needs equal status, respect: SC lawyer
After the Supreme Court made it mandatory to play the National Anthem in all cinema halls, a petition by an apex court lawyer has demanded "equal respect and status" for National Song Vande Mataram. "On January 24, 1950, Jana Gana Mana and Vande Mataram both songs were adopted of equal honour with each other and equal status," said the petitioner. \n