Chandigarh, May 2 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday deferred the hearing on a plea from a Christian body - Anglican Church of India - challenging Punjab government's enactment of the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026, for May 14.

The high court bench of chief justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry asked the petitioner to produce a resolution passed on April 23 by the General Council of the Anglican Church of India (CIPBC) that authorised Rockes Bernabas Sandhu, a metropolitan bishop, to file the petition.

The order was passed as the Punjab government had questioned maintainability of the plea and raised questions about the resolution of April 23.

As per the plea, the Bengaluru-based religio...