Khabrein Editorial Desk
New Delhi, June 6: The issue of taking oath in the name of Allah finally reached the apex court late last month. The Supreme Court has accepted the issue for hearing after the court re-opens after summer vacations. A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, posted the issue for hearing after the vacation. The petition was filed by Madhu Parumala, vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Kerala unit. Madhu had filed the special leave petition against the Kerala High Court's July 21, 2006 order which had upheld the validity of the oath taken by 11 state legislators belonging to different political parties in the name of Allah during the last year's Assembly elections.
Madhu argued that taking oath in the name of Allah was unconstitutional and violated Article 188 and third Schedule of the Constitution under which a Member of the Legislature or Parliament has to swear only in the name of God or solemnly affirm.
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