The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that insults to religion "made unwittingly or carelessly without any malicious or deliberate intent" would not be an offence under Section 295A of.
The petitioner in this case is Gurnam Singh, who had moved the high court in 2017 seeking quashing of an FIR – under Sections 295A/153A of the IPC – registered at Subhanpur police station (Kapurthala district) on March 31, 2012.
Canada popular study destination with Punjab youngsters due to easier immigration and large Punjabi population there with a political say; of the 5.51 lakh new international students in 2022, as many as 2.26 lakh (41%) were from India
In 2018 polls, 87% of panchayat seats won by Cong-affiliated candidates; AAP govt bid to dissolve them before end of tenure wins it no friends among panchayat union, rivals attack party
While the panchayat union of Punjab had challenged the decision in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Thursday, the government made a U-turn and withdrew its decision to dissolve the panchayats.