The Supreme Court today said, it will not re-examine its 1995 verdict on Hindutva at this stage as it is not the reference for hearing electoral malpractice issue.
A seven-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, said the court will not go into the larger debate as to what is Hindutva or what is its meaning and will not re-consider the 1995 judgement.
The apex court is hearing a matter related to electoral malpractices arising out of its 1995 judgement, popularly known as the ‘Hindutva’ verdict.
The remarks were made by the bench when some advocates sought to intervene in the ongoing hearing which commenced last Tuesday.
Last week, social activist Teesta Setalvad had sought to intervene in the matter with an application stating that religion and politics should not be mixed and a direction be passed to de-link religion from politics.