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unprecedented questioning of the Sikh turban, saying it was the last thing expected from the highest judicial institution of a country that is constitutionally bound to protect religious freedom and tenets of all its people.<\/p>\nNew Delhi, Apr 22 (Punjab Post Bureau) – The Sikh Forum on Friday slammed the Supreme Court\u2019s unprecedented questioning of the Sikh turban, saying it was the last thing expected from the highest judicial institution of a country that is constitutionally bound to protect religious freedom and tenets of all its people.<\/p>\n
. \u201cIt\u2019s not the judiciary\u2019s job to investigate and decide on religious codes, articles, dresses and tenets. Why is it then dabbling into a domain that\u2019s deeply entrenched in culture, faith and belief systems?\u201d wondered Sikh Forum president Pushpindar Singh.<\/p>\n
His remarks came in the wake of a Supreme Court bench posing questions over the relevance of the Sikh turban in response to a petition filed by a Sikh cyclist refusing to wear a helmet.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy faith, its tenets are decided by my scriptures, history and my value systems. They are not to be determined or questioned by judges whose role, in the first place, is to protect my civil, human and religious rights in accordance with the basic principles of the Indian Constitution,\u201d noted Sikh Forum secretary-general Partap Singh.<\/p>\n
The Sikh Forum took strong objections to the Supreme Court\u2019s query, saying it unfortunately reflected a serious deficit of understanding of religious sensitivities and historical traditions of a country as rich in diversity as India.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was the last thing you would expect from the highest court of a country where Sikhism was born, a country that had a Sikh prime minister, a Sikh CJI, two Sikh army and three air-force chiefs and countless Sikh soldiers who fight the enemy on the frontline with their proud turbans on,\u201d the Sikh Forum said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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