The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Centre’s request for two months’ time to file a “comprehensive” reply to a petition seeking the enforcement of fundamental duties of citizens, including patriotism and unity of nation, through “comprehensive, and well-defined laws”.
A Bench led by Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh agreed to Attorney General K.K. Venugopal’s submission that more time would be required to collect and compile the inputs from various Ministries and departments in order to prepare a detailed counter- affidavit on the issue raised in the petition filed by Durga Dutt, who is a lawyer.
The court also allowed States to join in with their take on the issue and file their responses. It listed the case next on September 26.
