the only person to be punished and so will he be i am sure later on for indemnity is that lawyer who filed the complaint. i can\'t believe the police is so stupid that they saw a prima-facie case in this!! a first year lawyer will be able to make murthy come clean out of this.
here is why- what is said that he avoided playing national anthem to avoid embarassing foreigners is great and gentlemanly act. a national anthem demand everyone to stand up and respect it, but as a national of soveriegn country you are not supposed to stand upto any national anthem. imagine if our anthem would have played, half of the crowd would be standing and other half sitting. it would be so embarasssing for the sitting people worrying lest they are contrued as disrespectful. therefore, in an mature and sensible international gathering you will see an anthem of a particular region is avoided. murthy acted sensibly and did just right. i wonder why though they had to play even the instrumental version. but murthy never commented on that, so he can\'t even be punished for that.
RE:what are u guys talking about?
by Homo sapiens sapiens on Apr 14, 2007 07:13 AM Permalink
Are you a first year lawyer? You sound like worse. 1. The national anthem was not avoided, a instrumental version was played. The laws for instrumental versions are the same. You still have to stand. 2. Great and gentlemanly? How can you use the word great so liberally? 3. International or national, all gatherings in India must follow Indian Rules. Do Indian PMs sit when the star spangled banner is played? 4. Read the constitution before you talk about first year lawyers. Prevention of insults to National honour (National Flag and Anthem) 1971 and previous. Imprisonment upto 3 yrs or fine or both. 5. Insult or not is interpretation. Foreigners were present etc dont enter the argument. Did you pass first year?
