Intentionally preventing the singing of the song or disrupting an assembly singing it can be punished with imprisonment of up to three years, the law states.

President Murmu has approved a bill protecting the national song Vande Mataram. This amendment mandates its full rendition at official functions. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor…

"I would like to point to just one practical consideration our zealots appear to have overlooked: human nature”: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on National Song law | India News