India, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and other respondents on fresh petitions challenging the law mandating the singing of all six stanzas of the national song Vande Mataram.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana took up the pleas filed by Bhimrao Duryodhan Borkar and former IAS officer Balakrishnan Sathyabhama Mavoji. The court tagged the petitions with similar pending matters and scheduled the next hearing for November 30.

Borkar, in his petition, challenged the Ministry of Home Affairs' orders dated January 28 and July 9, 2026, alleging that they replaced the longstanding practice of singing a two-stanza version with the complete six-stanz...