There had been a whole lot of discussion in the high courts and supreme of India over this topic and at the end the Supreme court of India has agreed to call astrology as a science and it is legal in India.
But you need to be careful of fake astrologers.
Yes astrology is legal in India, actually when UGC’ decided to introduce astrology as a course of study in Indian Universities in April, 2001, the controversy starts and After 3 years of debates, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment in 2004; following observations were made by the eminent judges: “Astrology requires study of celestial bodies, of their positions, magnitudes, motions and distances etc. Astronomy is a pure science. It was studied as a subject in ancient India and India has produced great astronomers long before anyone in the Western world studied it as a subject. Since astrology is partly based upon movement of the sun, earth, planets and other celestial bodies, it is a study of science at least to some extent “the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is a science. The Court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The judges also took on record an affidavit submitted by the Union government. The Centre had in its affidavit stated that astrology is a 4000-year-old ‘trusted science’ and the same does not fall under the purview of The Drugs and Magical Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. “The said Act does not cover astrology and related sciences. Astrology is a trusted science and is being practised for over 4,000 years,” said an affidavit filed by Dr R Ramakrishna, deputy drug controller of India west zone. It also ended the tragedy of a true astrologer, who was always scared as he could be booked under Drugs and Magic Remedies Act.
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There had been a whole lot of discussion in the high courts and supreme of India over this topic and at the end the Supreme court of India has agreed to call astrology as a science and it is legal in India.
But you need to be careful of fake astrologers.
H.P.Dubey
Yes astrology is legal in India, actually when UGC’ decided to introduce astrology as a course of study in Indian Universities in April, 2001, the controversy starts and After 3 years of debates, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment in 2004; following observations were made by the eminent judges: “Astrology requires study of celestial bodies, of their positions, magnitudes, motions and distances etc. Astronomy is a pure science. It was studied as a subject in ancient India and India has produced great astronomers long before anyone in the Western world studied it as a subject. Since astrology is partly based upon movement of the sun, earth, planets and other celestial bodies, it is a study of science at least to some extent “the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is a science. The Court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The judges also took on record an affidavit submitted by the Union government. The Centre had in its affidavit stated that astrology is a 4000-year-old ‘trusted science’ and the same does not fall under the purview of The Drugs and Magical Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. “The said Act does not cover astrology and related sciences. Astrology is a trusted science and is being practised for over 4,000 years,” said an affidavit filed by Dr R Ramakrishna, deputy drug controller of India west zone. It also ended the tragedy of a true astrologer, who was always scared as he could be booked under Drugs and Magic Remedies Act.