India, July 9 -- The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a petition against the state's directive introducing the recitation of Saraswati Vandana and Gayatri Mantra in Government schools, noting the order contains no mandatory or coercive direction compelling students to act against their faith. A single bench of Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad, in the judgment on July 2, termed the petition premature.

The judgment was uploaded on the HC's website on Tuesday.

The petition, filed by three persons, challenged a June 12 circular issued by the state's School Education Department directing all schools under it to conduct a series of daily cultural, educational and value-based activities from the 2026-27 academic session. The circular dire...