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Punjab and Haryana High Court puts on hold plea against anti-sacrilege law, questions petitioner’s credentials
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Punjab and Haryana High Court puts on hold plea against anti-sacrilege law, questions petitioner’s credentials

The Indian Express·Express News Service·about 1 month ago
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court questioned the petitioner’s credentials after the Government pointed to past criminal cases and the suspension of his Bar licence. (File Photo) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday deferred considering a PIL challenging Punjab’s amended anti-sacrilege law, saying it would first examine whether the plea was maintainable in view of allegations that the petitioner had suppressed facts about his antecedents. A bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry was hearing a plea filed by Simranjeet Singh, 43, a Jalandhar resident, against the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act 2026, which recently received the governor’s assent. At the outset, the bench questioned the petitioner’s credentials after the Punjab Government pointed to past criminal cases registered against him and the suspension of his licence to practise law.…

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