On Wednesday, the apex court of India gave a judgment according to which National Anthem must be played in the cinema halls before the screening of any movie and the National Flag should appear on the screen.
The court also added that every person present in the cinema hall should stand up to give respect to the National Anthem.
A bench of the Supreme Court Justices, Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, stated,
“People now-a-days don’t know how to sing National Anthem and people must be taught. We must respect National Anthem.”
The bench further added,
“Time has come when people must respect National Anthem which is part of constitutional patriotism. People must feel that it is their country. It is because of the country that they are enjoying freedom and liberty.”
SC orders National Anthem should be played in all cinema halls across the country before movie starts,accompanied by national flag on screen
— ANI (@ANI) November 30, 2016
SC also stated that everyone present in the cinema halls must rise and pay respect to the National Anthem.
— ANI (@ANI) November 30, 2016
A reaction on the social media was bound to happen and Twitter is having a field day on this matter! Here are some of the selected tweets:
LOL 😀
https://twitter.com/WoCharLog/status/803878100916379648
This user took a dig at Abhishek Bachchan at the same time:
For @juniorbachchan movies, #NationalAnthem should be played after the movie so that we can wake up, stand up, respect nation and go home.😁
— Akhil Agarwal (@aksology) November 30, 2016
Interesting question..
https://twitter.com/infinity_094/status/803882702122483712
Meanwhile, the Twitter parody account of Arvind Kejriwal:
https://twitter.com/TroluKejri/status/803866041923366912
Definitely a point!
Hope Supreme Court orders Indian Parliament to sing our Nation Anthem before each session. Often its drama too is movie like #nationalanthem
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) November 30, 2016
Epic troll:
Nothing ignites the patriotic in you as standing up for the national anthem right before watching a movie like grand masti#NationalAnthem
— The UnpopularOpinion (@TUO_Page) November 30, 2016
This Twitterati didn’t forget to include demonetization here as well:
Instead of cinema halls, national anthem should be played at ATMs…marzi ho na ho sabko khada rehna padega 😸
— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹 (@RoflGandhi_) November 30, 2016
Now that’s too much!
https://twitter.com/Cowtuk/status/803852828309647360
Threatening?
SC orders everyone to stand when national anthem is played before movies. If you don't stand, people will make sure you can't stand.
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) November 30, 2016
Here comes a fitness freak!
in theatre ppl sit for 2 hrs with no body movement so if they stand up for sometime before screening it will help in fitness
— ahghbfgfc (@hcvwarrior) November 30, 2016
Do share your views with regard to this judgment by the Supreme Court in the comments section below.
