Meghalaya HC Sets Aside ‘Hindu Rashtra’ Order; Calls It Inconsistent With Constitutional Principles

The Meghalaya High Court on Friday, May 24 has reportedly set aside a judgement of a single judge which had said that India should have been declared a “Hindu rashtra“.

As per a Bar and Bench journalist, the division bench of the High Court has said that the earlier judgement was legally flawed and is inconsistent with Constitutional principles.

#Breaking: A Division bench of Meghalaya High Court sets aside a judgment of single judge which had said that India should have been declared a Hindu rashtra.

The judgment is legally flawed and is inconsistent with Constitutional principles, Meghalaya HC holds. @barandbench pic.twitter.com/lmg1JSz61P

— Murali Krishnan (@legaljournalist) May 24, 2019

On December 10, Justice Sudip Ranjan Sen of the the Meghalaya High Court had passed a controversial order urging the central government to formulate a law to allow citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis, Christians, Khasis, Jaintias and Garos who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, without any questions or documentations.

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Further, the order had also mentioned that India should have been declared a ‘Hindu country’ at the time of independence. “Pakistan declared themselves as an Islamic country and India since was divided on the basis of religion should have also been declared as a Hindu country but it remained as a secular country,” it had noted.