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Yesterday the supreme court of India gave the final verdict on the case on

Vedanga Jyotisha course started by UGC which was challanged by Shri Bhargava, a

Molecular scientist from Hyderabad, in UGC's favour which gives clean chit to

the government and ugc to start and conduct such courses. the details are as

follows :

 

Date:06/05/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/05/06/stories/2004050602931400.htm

National Introduction of Vedic astrology courses in varsities upheld

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 5. The Supreme Court today dismissed a special leave petition

(SLP) filed by a scientist and two others challenging the University Grants

Commission's move to introduce `Vedic astrology' (jyotir vigyan) courses in the

Indian universities. A Bench, comprising Justice S. Rajendra Babu and Justice

G.P. Mathur, rejected the SLP which was directed against the April 2001

judgment of the Andhra Pradesh High Court declining to entertain a writ

petition. The petitioners, P.M. Bhargava, scientist, K. Subash Chandra Reddy

and Chandana Chakrabarti, had in their writ petition questioned the decision of

the UGC in according permission to the universities for starting graduate,

post-graduate and research courses in jyotir vigyan. They had contended that

the guidelines issued by the UGC were totally irrational, as Vedic astrology

could not be held to see the unforeseen. They submitted that as a

pseudoscience, astrology was considered to be diametrically opposed to the

findings and theories of modern Western science. The High Court dismissed the

petition holding that it could not interfere in the policy decision of the

Government unless it was found to be contrary to the law or made on extraneous

considerations. In their SLP, the petitioners contended that the scientific

community considered the action of the respondents in starting the Vedic

astrology course as a giant leap backwards, undermining whatever scientific

credibility the country had so far achieved. They sought a direction to set

aside the judgment and a direction to restrain the UGC and other respondents

from implementing the decision to start the astrology course in Indian

universities. On behalf of the Union Government it was submitted that there was

no compulsion in taking up the astrology course, which would be only an optional

subject. Even in several Western countries, astrology had been included as a

subject of study. The apprehensions of the petitioners were misplaced, the

Government said seeking dismissal of the appeal. The Supreme Court Bench agreed

with the Centre's contention and dismissed the SLP.

© Copyright 2000 - 2004 The Hindu

 

It must be mentioned here that the BA in Vedanga Jyotish course conducted by

Kavi Kuluguru Kalidas Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Nagpur is now being gone

international through SJC. The MOU was just signed at Nagpur on 30th of April

2004.

 

Yours

Dewavrat Buit

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