During the hearing by a seven judge Constitutional bench, the apex court had said that it would not reconsider its 1995 judgment that defined Hindutva as ‘a way of life and not a religion’ said a report in The Indian Express. Those observations came after an interlocutory application filed by Teesta Setalvad, requesting the bench to reconsider the 1995 judgment.
According to The Asian Age, the court had earlier observed that the essence and ethos of our (India’s) constitutional system is secularism and said that religion and politics should not mix. The court further remarked that elections are a secular activity and asked whether in a secular state, religion can be brought into secular activities.
