"Completely Vague And Misconceived":Allahabad High Court Dismisses Plea For Direction To Teach 'Bhagavad Gita' To Students Of All Classes

The Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Saurabh Lavania called the Writ Petition, as filed "completely vague and misconceived" and thereby it, was dismissed.

However, the Bench asked the Petitioner (Brahma Shanker Shashtri), who appeared before the Court in person, that in case he wants to include "Bhagvad Geeta" (or Bhagavad Gita) as one of the subjects in the syllabus of intermediate, "he may approach the appropriate authority such as Board of High School and Intermediate Education, Uttar Pradesh or any other Board or University concerned, which he considers proper for including it as a subject or as a part of the syllabus of one of the subjects."

Recently, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday (05^th November) observed that the filing of Writ Petition, praying for directions to create awareness regarding certain laws is not proper and that "it appears that such petitions are filed only for the sake of popularity."

Case title - Brahma Shanker Shashtri v. State Of U.P.Thru Secy. Basic Education Lucknow & Ors. [P.I.L. CIVIL No. - 22346 of 2020]