Vande Mataram of Sanskrit origin, but written in Bengali, Tamil Nadu AG told the court.
Justice M V Muralidharan said that schools must be made to follow it at least once a week either on Monday or Friday.
The Madras high court on Thursday expressed doubts over the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in response to a petition filed by a member of her party.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday sought a direction from the Madras high court to quash the Election Commission's order, directing covering of pictures of leaves, which resembled the 'Two Leaves' symbol of her party ruling All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam on small buses plying in the city.
