Proposed amendment seeks to give the national song the same legal protection as the national anthem, making obstruction or insult a punishable offence.
The FCRA Bill was introduced during the Budget session but was not taken up for passage due to opposition from certain quarters in Kerala ahead of the state's Assembly elections.
The direction was issued by the first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan while hearing the PIL filed by Ananya Radhakrishnan of Chennai.
Poonawalla claimed that the Congress was displaying the same mindset that had previously resulted in the national song being restricted to only two stanzas.
