GS-1SECULARISM AND RELIGIOUS OFFENCE LAW
Punjab's New Sacrilege Law and India's Century-Old Blasphemy Problem
The Punjab Assembly's amendment to the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act has drawn attention because its definition of "sacrilege" extends beyond physical damage to the scripture to cover spoken or written words, signs and visible or electronic representations found to hurt religious feelings, raising fresh constitutional questions about India's secular commitments.
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