Chandigarh, April 23 -- A petition has been filed in the Punjab and Haryana high court challenging constitutional validity of anti-sacrilege law - Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026 - notified on April 20. The law, is amended version of a 2008 Act, was passed by the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on April 13. The public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed by an Amritsar resident, Simranjeet Singh, 43, who is a law graduate and claims to be a social activist, and has not engaged a lawyer to present his side before the court. "The impugned Act creates criminal penalties, including life imprisonment under Section 5(3), which is a subject in the concurrent list... the Act required the assent of the President of India under Article 254(2) to be valid," the plea argues.HTC...