Flag Code of India

Flag Code of India

The Indian flag code is a set of laws that govern the usage of the Flag of India. The Bureau of Indian Standards is in charge of the enforcement of the manufacture of the flag according to the guidelines.

Violation of the code may invite severe punishments and penalties. The code was written in 2002 and merged the following acts: provisions of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 (No.12 of 1950) and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 (No. 69 of 1971).

The Indian Flag Code was often criticized for being too rigid and prevented ordinary citizens from displaying the flag on homes and other buildings. For many years, only Government officials and other Government buildings could unfurl the flag. That changed in 2001 when Naveen Jindal won a court case in the Supreme Court of India to give Indians the right to unfurl the flag publicly. The Indian cricket batsman Sachin Tendulkar was accused of sporting the flag on his cricket helmet.

The flag code was updated in 2005; some new provisions include that the flag cannot be worn under the waist or on undergarments.

External links

* [http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/flagcodeofindia.pdf Flag code of India (from The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA))]
* [http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2002/fapr2002/f030420021.html FACT SHEET : FLAG CODE OF INDIA, 2002]
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/jun/13spec.htm Additional information on the court case]


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