Children sing the national anthem in New Delhi in 2009 on the first anniversary of the final day of the 26/11 siege in Mumbai. There is no bar to play the national anthem on other occasions also." The judge pointed out that it was sometimes played during the commencement of cricket matches or Olympic events, but half the people gathered at the venue hardly understood the national anthem. In Maharashtra, it has been a convention for decades to play the national anthem at the end of a film show. "But many people start leaving the halls even before the conclusion of the anthem and start boarding auto-rickshaws," Justice Chandrachud said.

Source: The Telegraph October 23, 2017 21:45 UTC