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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear the plea seeking direction for framing of a policy for propagating the national anthem. A fresh PIL seeking direction to the Central government to frame a national policy to promote and propagate the national anthem, national song and national flag was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday. The petition sought a direction to frame a national policy to promote and propagate the national anthem, national song and national flag in spirit of the Article 51A to achieve the great golden goals. On November 30, a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, in a separate plea, had ordered all cinema halls to play the national anthem before the screening of a movie. “There is only one nationality i.e., Indian, one national anthem i.e., Jana Gana Mana, one national song i.e., Vande Mataram and one national flag i.e., Triranga, and it is duty of every Indian to respect these symbols,” the petition stated..