SC Rejects AAP Leader Ashish Khetan’s Plea To Decriminalise ‘Insult Of Religion’ [Read Order]

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a writ petition by journalist and Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashish Khetan, challenging the constitutionality of Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises ‘insult of religion’.Khetan was booked under the said provision for allegedly announcing that the party manifesto was as "sacred" as the 'Shri Guru Granth Sahib', the religious scripture...