 bill no xviii of  2015 the indian penal code (amendment)  bill,  2015 a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the indian penal code (amendment) bill, 2015short title and commencement(2)  it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointamendment of section 500 of act 45 of 1860"provided that any person who defames mohandas  karamchand gandhi known as mahatma gandhi and referred to, with great reverence, as "the father of the nation", shall also be punished with imprisonment which may extend upto two years or with fine or with both" statement of objects and reasonsmahatma gandhi was a leader acclaimed throughout the world as messiah of peaceinternational figures like nelson mandela and barack obama have publicly expressed the relevance of mahatma in today's worldindia would not have been a free country, had it not been for the political leaders in our country who worked under the leadership of mohandas karamchand gandhi, known as mahatma gandhi and referred to as, with great reverence as "father of the nation" however, unfortunately, there is tendency growing in some sections of our society to demean the personality, philosophy and preaching of mahatma gandhi, since their views differ from the views of gandhijiin recent times, mahatma gandhi is being defamed by certain political leaders and others by using defamatory language some persons leave no opportunity to denigrate bapuji in unacceptable language which smacks of devoid of patriotismwhen we mention with great respect and recognition the role gandhi in freedom movement and say de di hame aazadi bina khadag bina dhal sabarmati ke sant tune kar diya kamaal aandhi me bhi jalti rahi gandhi teri mashaal sabarmati ke sant tune kar diya kamaal", we have also to respect the feelings of millions of indiansit  will, therefore, be in the fitness of things that those who defame gandhiji are to be severely punishedhence, this billshantaram naik rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the indian penal code, 1860————(shri shantaram naik, mp)gmgipmrnd—571rs(s3)—27-04-2015