Versions of State Anthem sung in HC during petition hearing

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Court of Justice Krishna S Dixit of the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday witnessed the singing of various versions of the State Anthem.

The unusual situation was witnessed during the hearing of a petition by singer Kikkeri Krishna Murthy who has challenged the State Government’s notification confirming the tune set by the late Mysore Ananthaswamy as the official version of the State Anthem.

An impleading application was filed by Ananda Madalagere who has supported the tune set by Mysuru Ananthaswamy. The IA was allowed by the HC after the arguments submitted by senior counsel CH Hanumantaraya.

The arguments on behalf of the petitioner was conducted by senior counsel Ashok Haranahalli. The case was adjourned to September 1. During the hearing several poets and singers including BK Sumitra, BR Lakshman Rao and Muddukrishna were present.

In the course of the arguments, Kikkeri Krishna Murthy and others sung the different versions of the State Anthem, Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate.

The State had issued the order mandating the music composed by Mysore Ananthaswamy on September 25, 2023. Krishna Murthy had challenged it in the petition he had filed soon after.

He had claimed that Ananthaswamy had not composed the tune for the full song and therefore the Government’s order was impossible to implement.