New Delhi, March 25 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea against the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) advisory circular issued January 28 to standardise the protocol for India's National Song, Vande Mataram.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, stated that the petition was filed in a premature manner and noted that the Circular on Vande Mataram has no penal consequences.

"Does the January 28 notification lead to penal consequences? Is the person removed from the congregation if they don't sing the song? Your petition is based on premature apprehension; if there is any penal consequence, you may come to us. This is just a vague apprehension of discrimina...