After making playing the national anthem  in movie halls mandatory, the Supreme Court has rejected a plea to make it compulsory in courts. The petition to play the national anthem before the start of court proceedings was filed by a lawyer. 

Guess the court doesn’t believe in following what it preached. Netizens didn’t take it lying down and vented their anger on Twitter. 

How anti-national of our Supreme Court to not reject a petition asking for them to stand for National Anthem. Only movie-goers need to show?

— Shubhashish (@shubHASHISH) December 2, 2016

Hypocrite much?

You know how politicians who cry for regional language primary schools always send their kids abroad to study? https://t.co/nylN8JTMqA

— Utsav Chakraborty (@Shockraborty) December 2, 2016

Practise what you preach? 

"Do as I say, not as I do." - The Indian Supreme Court https://t.co/BKK7QIgkPL

— Overrated Outcast (@over_rated) December 2, 2016

@ndtv haha
Purre desh ki lo.... Lekin apne time phat gaayi

— KLOPPisRED (@soul_LFC) December 2, 2016

@ndtv Is this not hypocrisy. Will Bhakts/RSS/Hyper-Nationalists call the SC Anti-National now?

— vijayaraj mukundan (@Vijay_raj13) December 2, 2016

@over_rated haathi ke daant dekhane ke alag hote hai or khane ke alag.

— D (@GuzzuBowy) December 2, 2016

I don't know about you but the fact that the Supreme Court can so easily reject that National Anthem petition makes me pretty mad

— Ashwin Mushran (@ashwinmushran) December 2, 2016

@ndtv cool pic.twitter.com/uLaKZQ1z08

— Kaushik Kay (@indifferent_kay) December 2, 2016