<P> Display and usage of the flag is governed by the Flag Code of India, 2002 (successor to the Flag Code--India, the original flag code); the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950; and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 . Insults to the national flag, including gross affronts or indignities to it, as well as using it in a manner so as to violate the provisions of the Flag Code, are punishable by law with imprisonment up to three years, or a fine, or both . </P> <P> Official regulation states that the flag must never touch the ground or water, or be used as a drapery in any form . The flag may not be intentionally placed upside down, dipped in anything, or hold any objects other than flower petals before unfurling . No sort of lettering may be inscribed on the flag . When out in the open, the flag should always be flown between sunrise and sunset, irrespective of the weather conditions . Prior to 2009, the flag could be flown on a public building at night under special circumstances; currently, Indian citizens can fly the flag even at night, subject to the restriction that the flag should be hoisted on a tall flagpole and be well - illuminated . </P> <P> The flag should never be depicted, displayed or flown upside down . Tradition also states that when draped vertically, the flag should not merely be rotated 90degrees, but also reversed . One "reads" a flag like the pages of a book, from top to bottom and from left to right, and after rotation the results should be the same . It is considered insulting to display the flag in a frayed or dirty state, and the same rule applies to the flagpoles and halyards used to hoist the flag, which should always be in a proper state of maintenance . </P> <P> The original flag code of India did not allow private citizens to fly the national flag except on national days such as Independence Day or Republic Day . In 2001, Naveen Jindal, an industrialist used to the more egalitarian use of the flag in the United States where he studied, flew the Indian flag on his office building . The flag was confiscated and he was warned of prosecution . Jindal filed a public interest litigation petition in the High Court of Delhi; he sought to strike down the restriction on the use of the flag by private citizens, arguing that hoisting the national flag with due decorum and honour was his right as a citizen, and a way of expressing his love for the country . </P>

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