The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a petition seeking directives to make the recitation of the Constitution’s Preamble compulsory during morning school assemblies, observing that the text is already taught to students in Class 6.
A three-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Augustine George Masih, and Sandeep Mehta turned down the plea during proceedings.
Appearing for the petitioner, the counsel argued in favour of mandating the morning recitation across schools and cited Article 21A of the Constitution, which provides for the right to education.
The court declined to grant the relief, pointing out that school curriculums already introduce the Preamble at the sixth-standard level, before dismissing the matter.
