Chandigarh, May 1 -- A Christian body - Anglican Church of India - has challenged the Punjab government's enactment of Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026, notified on April 20.

The Bengaluru-based religious body is formulated by the enactment of Indian Church Act, 1927, and a petition has been filed through its metropolitan bishop Rockes Bernabas Sandhu, a resident of Amritsar.

The plea seeks quashing of the law terming it "ultra vires the Constitution of India" and seeks restraint order against implementation of the same on the ground that the law creates a religion-specific penal regime by conferring special and elevated statutory protection exclusively to the "saroops" of Guru Granth Sahib.

The anti-sacril...