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Girl who plucked eyebrow not true Sikh, says HC
CHANDIGARH: Endorsing a hardline stand by high priests of Sikhism who barred a young girl admission in a minority institution on grounds that she
violated a fundamental tenet of the religion by plucking her eyebrows, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday ruled that the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was fully justified in doing so.
Leaning on the side of a text-based, more conservative definition of who is a true Sikh and the importance of hair in Sikhism, the full bench of justices JS Khehar, Jasbir Singh and Ajay Kumar Mittal in a 152-page order said keeping unshorn hair was an essential and most fundamental component of the religion.
The order came on a plea by Gurleen Kaur and others who had challenged denial of admission into an MBBS course at the Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, a Sikh minority institution, on grounds that they plucked their eyebrows and trimmed their hair.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) had also ruled that she was not a ``true Sikh as she was plucking her eyebrows.'' The court said the requisite of maintaining Sikh `swarup' (appearance) was a permissible precondition for admitting students under the Sikh minority community quota.
The SGPC runs two medical colleges, two engineering institutes, one polytechnic, 40 degree colleges and 150 schools, most of them in Punjab.
Saturday's order, replete with references to Sikh history and Sikh model code of conduct, also noted that the Guru Granth Sahib is for guidance of Sikhs in their pursuit towards spiritual salvation. It does not deal with the code of conduct prescribed for Sikhs. It was the Sikh rehat-maryada (code of conduct) that dealt with issues like importance of unshorn hair.
It added that the Guru Granth Sahib made no reference to the terms amritdhari (Sikhs who wear the five Ks - kesh, kacchha, kanga, kara, kirpan - and who have partaken amrit), sehajdhari (who are learning to be Amritdhari Sikhs) and patit (who were born Sikhs but violated one of the tenets).
Reflecting on contours of Sikh identity, the bench held the cardinal principle of retaining unshorn hair was not only for adults but also for minors, as it was the adults who were required to maintain the hair of their children.
Although the bench took the view that unshorn hair was an inalienable part of Sikh swarup, it observed that keeping the kirpan was not as important.
The SGPC burst out in celebration moments after the verdict and its chief Avtar Singh Makkar said, ``We are happy with the judgment. Our stand that unshorn hair is of paramount importance for Sikhs has been vindicated.''
I think Women r always first target by any fundamentalist ppls
well now some comments -
from the the news site haa ,no by me ha,, nahi toh some ppl will ...
- Can somebody tell me how far is sikhism different from Talibanism!!! Both are taking the human being into dark ages and moreover shame on the HC justices who don't know how to interpret the law...What the heck to SGPC. the case goes to Supreme Court and gets corrected. This was kinda expected with a majority Sikhs Judges on the bench. I think majority of sikhs trim hairs and now because of SGPC/High Court ruling are facing identity crises.
- IF THE GIRL HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG IN THIS DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY,IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUR FAULT BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING TOO MUCH LIBERTY TO THEM,ON THE OTHER IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED AS WRONG WHICH HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS RELIGIOUSLY INCORRECT ,BUT IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE DEMOCRACY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE LIBERTY OF COUNTRYMEN.THEY MUST LOOK FORWARD TO PARDON HER MISTAKES.........
this----- wooow
How about 90% of the Jatts and other khatris how are clean shaved and still call themselves sikhs. How about all other other 9 gurus who were not baptized? are they not part of the Sikh religion?????
How many persons professing to be sikhs keep unshorn hair? Will SGPC take action against them? It is easy to identify them.
this is GOOOD comment ----
What will happen if one of the Sikh judges have to under go angioplasty where hairs are removed from the groin area? This is as bad as mutilation of young girls's clitoris by fundamentalist Islamic Tribes of Nigeria. There has to be a balance between the true religious tenets and century old irrelevant practices. A Sikh is a follower and practitioner of teachings of great Guru personalities and not some irrelevant items like how a Sikh should look and it applies to all faiths. I hope justice will prevail. This has the trappings of politics than the justice. Minority status should not be decided on the religious interpretations because it takes away the very basis for creating a leveled playing field for those who have suffered under the majority dominance. The judgement lacks humanitarian aspect of woman's needs to be able to remove ugly and unwanted facial hair and the judgement is not surprising; none of the judges are women.
CHANDIGARH: Endorsing a hardline stand by high priests of Sikhism who barred a young girl admission in a minority institution on grounds that she
violated a fundamental tenet of the religion by plucking her eyebrows, the Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday ruled that the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was fully justified in doing so.
Leaning on the side of a text-based, more conservative definition of who is a true Sikh and the importance of hair in Sikhism, the full bench of justices JS Khehar, Jasbir Singh and Ajay Kumar Mittal in a 152-page order said keeping unshorn hair was an essential and most fundamental component of the religion.
The order came on a plea by Gurleen Kaur and others who had challenged denial of admission into an MBBS course at the Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, a Sikh minority institution, on grounds that they plucked their eyebrows and trimmed their hair.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandak Committee (SGPC) had also ruled that she was not a ``true Sikh as she was plucking her eyebrows.'' The court said the requisite of maintaining Sikh `swarup' (appearance) was a permissible precondition for admitting students under the Sikh minority community quota.
The SGPC runs two medical colleges, two engineering institutes, one polytechnic, 40 degree colleges and 150 schools, most of them in Punjab.
Saturday's order, replete with references to Sikh history and Sikh model code of conduct, also noted that the Guru Granth Sahib is for guidance of Sikhs in their pursuit towards spiritual salvation. It does not deal with the code of conduct prescribed for Sikhs. It was the Sikh rehat-maryada (code of conduct) that dealt with issues like importance of unshorn hair.
It added that the Guru Granth Sahib made no reference to the terms amritdhari (Sikhs who wear the five Ks - kesh, kacchha, kanga, kara, kirpan - and who have partaken amrit), sehajdhari (who are learning to be Amritdhari Sikhs) and patit (who were born Sikhs but violated one of the tenets).
Reflecting on contours of Sikh identity, the bench held the cardinal principle of retaining unshorn hair was not only for adults but also for minors, as it was the adults who were required to maintain the hair of their children.
Although the bench took the view that unshorn hair was an inalienable part of Sikh swarup, it observed that keeping the kirpan was not as important.
The SGPC burst out in celebration moments after the verdict and its chief Avtar Singh Makkar said, ``We are happy with the judgment. Our stand that unshorn hair is of paramount importance for Sikhs has been vindicated.''
I think Women r always first target by any fundamentalist ppls
well now some comments -
from the the news site haa ,no by me ha,, nahi toh some ppl will ...
- Can somebody tell me how far is sikhism different from Talibanism!!! Both are taking the human being into dark ages and moreover shame on the HC justices who don't know how to interpret the law...What the heck to SGPC. the case goes to Supreme Court and gets corrected. This was kinda expected with a majority Sikhs Judges on the bench. I think majority of sikhs trim hairs and now because of SGPC/High Court ruling are facing identity crises.
- IF THE GIRL HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG IN THIS DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY,IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN OUR FAULT BECAUSE WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING TOO MUCH LIBERTY TO THEM,ON THE OTHER IT WOULDN'T BE CONSIDERED AS WRONG WHICH HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AS RELIGIOUSLY INCORRECT ,BUT IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE DEMOCRACY PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE LIBERTY OF COUNTRYMEN.THEY MUST LOOK FORWARD TO PARDON HER MISTAKES.........
this----- wooow
How about 90% of the Jatts and other khatris how are clean shaved and still call themselves sikhs. How about all other other 9 gurus who were not baptized? are they not part of the Sikh religion?????
How many persons professing to be sikhs keep unshorn hair? Will SGPC take action against them? It is easy to identify them.
this is GOOOD comment ----
What will happen if one of the Sikh judges have to under go angioplasty where hairs are removed from the groin area? This is as bad as mutilation of young girls's clitoris by fundamentalist Islamic Tribes of Nigeria. There has to be a balance between the true religious tenets and century old irrelevant practices. A Sikh is a follower and practitioner of teachings of great Guru personalities and not some irrelevant items like how a Sikh should look and it applies to all faiths. I hope justice will prevail. This has the trappings of politics than the justice. Minority status should not be decided on the religious interpretations because it takes away the very basis for creating a leveled playing field for those who have suffered under the majority dominance. The judgement lacks humanitarian aspect of woman's needs to be able to remove ugly and unwanted facial hair and the judgement is not surprising; none of the judges are women.