You Could Be Jailed For Insulting Or Disrupting Vande Mataram: Centre Plans Bill In Monsoon Session
The Centre is preparing to give Vande Mataram, India’s Song, the same legal protection currently enjoyed by the Anthem. The Union Cabinet has cleared a
The Centre is preparing to give Vande Mataram, India’s Song, the same legal protection currently enjoyed by the Anthem. The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal to amend the Prevention of Insults to Honour Act, 1971, paving the way for a law that would make insulting or deliberately obstructing the singing of Vande Mataram a punishable offence.
The government is expected to introduce the Prevention of Insults to Honour (Amendment) Bill during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which begins on July 20.
If passed by Parliament, the amendment would mark the first time Vande Mataram receives explicit statutory protection under Indian law. n18oc_breaking-news
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