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 religious body was formulated by the enactment of the Indian Church Act, 1927, and had authorised Sandhu, a resident of Amritsar, to file the petition. The plea seeks quashing of the law terming it "ultra vires the Constitution of India" and seeks restraint order against its implementation 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-sacrilege law is an amended version of a 2008 Act, passed unanimously by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha during a special one-day session on April 13, with support from members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and opposition parties, including the Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after three hours of discussion. It was notified on April 20 after the governor accorded assent on April 17. The Act provides for stringent punishments, including life imprisonment and fines up to Rs.25 lakh, for acts of sacrilege against the Guru Granth Sahib....