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All Followers Of Sikh Gurus Not Sikhs : SGPC
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 71944" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>source:</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/all-followers-of-sikh-gurus-not-sikhs-sgpc/59093-3.html" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #810081">http://www.ibnlive.com/news/all-followers-of-sikh-gurus-not-sikhs-sgpc/59093-3.html</span></u></a></strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #000080">All followers of Sikh gurus not Sikhs: SGPC</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">ibnlive.com</span></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/common/zero.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.ibnlive.com/pix/sitepix/08_2006/sikhturban248.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong>A NEW ORDER? SGPC filed a petition before the SC against a Punjab and Haryana HC order. </strong></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><strong>New Delhi:</strong> The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee or SGPC has contended that different sects who worship and follow Sikh gurus cannot be called part of Sikh community and the recent Punjab and Haryana High Court order denying minority status to the Sikhs was a serious error.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Filing a petition before the Supreme Court against the HC order striking down a Punjab Government notification, granting minority status to SGPC-run educational institutions in the state, the SGPC said it is a serious error to treating all followers of Sikh gurus as Sikhs.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The SC issued notices to the Centre, Punjab state, Sahil Mittal and others on the basis of two separate petitions filed by SGPC and state of Punjab.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">A bench consisting of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, Justices CK Thakker and RV Raveendran, however, refused to stay the operation of the High Court judgement dated December 17, 2007, holding that there is nothing to show that Sikhs were not a dominant group in the state.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">Earlier a group of students had moved a petition in the High Court after they had been denied admission in medical science courses in view of 50 per cent reservation granted to Sikhs in the SGPC-run medical colleges, which enjoy the status of minority institutions.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The students had challenged the validity of Punjab Government notification dated April 25, 2006, under Section 2(f) of Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutions (regulation of admission, fixation of fees and making of reservation) Act 2006, which granted minority status to SGPC-run educational institutions.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">According to the petitioners, Sikhs constituted 65 per cent population in Punjab and cannot be granted minority status.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">The High Court later ruled that the definition of minority under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution of India couldn’t be overruled or changed through a state government act.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #810081"><strong><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Those_not_on_our_rolls_are_not_Sikhs_SGPC/articleshow/2786665.cms" target="_blank"><u>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Those_not_on_our_rolls_are_not_Sikhs_SGPC/articleshow/2786665.cms</u></a></strong></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Those not on our rolls are not Sikhs: SGPC</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></strong>16 Feb 2008, 0051 hrs IST<img src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />,<img src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dhananjay Mahapatra<img src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />,<img src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />TNN - TIMES OF INDIA</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span><img src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">NEW DELHI: At a time when there is a hefty premium on the numbers a community or caste can boast, the Sikh Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee, along with the Punjab government, seem anxious to prune the ranks of Sikhs. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">Determined to retain the 'minority' tag which gives SGPC virtually a free hand in running the huge network of Sikh educational institutions, the committee has said that only its members can be counted as Sikhs. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">The audacious claim, which seeks to conflate the community with members of the controversial religious body and puts a whole number of sects - from colourful Nihangs and Nirankaris to Dera Sacha Sauda, Udasis and Radha Soamis - out of the fold, was put forward in the Supreme Court on Friday by SGPC and the Punjab government. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">SGPC and the state government, controlled by its political cohorts - the Akalis - had approached the SC to challenge an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which ruled that the community could not claim "minority status" in Punjab. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">The HC judgment had come on petitions filed by students who had applied for admissions to medical and dental colleges run by SGPC but failed to secure them because of the 50% reservation given to Sikhs after the state conferred minority status on the Sikh community. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">The SC Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices C K Thakker and R V Raveendran, which issued notice on the petitions but refused to stay the HC judgment, seemed to scoff at the arguments. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">On behalf of the petitioners, counsel Harish Salve and Jayshree Anand argued that SGPC had since its formation in 1925 recognised only those as Sikhs who believed only in "Guru Granth Sahib", the "Ten Gurus" and "no other religion". </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">Though true, the criterion has never been used as a litmus test for determining who is a Sikh. Though the community has frowned upon leaders of Nirankaris and Baba Ram Rahim of Dera Sacha Sauda, who call themselves Gurus, Nihangs have rarely been seen as outsiders. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">The community leaders did not seek to look askance at Sikhs worshipping Hindu gods even after the toll the turbulent 80s took on the bond between the two communities. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">The HC in its December 17, 2007, judgment had said: "There is no material to substantiate that 'Sikhs' are a non-dominant group in Punjab apprehending deprivation of their rights at the hands of 'dominant group' who may come to power in the state in a democratic election." </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">Counsel for SGPC tried to substantiate their plea by arguing that the number of Sikh electors in Punjab registered with the religious body was 53.98 lakh, which is less than 50% of the total 1.65 crore registered voters in the state. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">It did not seem to wash with the Bench which remarked that if the SGPC's method of determining the minority status was to be accepted, then the entire Hindu community, with myriad sects and sub-sects, would also be entitled to claim 'minority status'. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">SGPC and the state, in their appeals before the SC, took shelter under a declaration from the National Commission for Minority Act under which the Central government had issued a notification on October 23, 1993, declaring Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians as minority communities. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">The Bench, however, demurred, pointing out that the Act pertained to the areas where the community, in relation to the total population, was in minority, implying that the law could not be invoked in Punjab where, according to the 2001 Census, Sikhs were the majority. The stand of the Bench mirrored the one taken by a constitution Bench in the T M A Pai case. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080">This was also the reasoning that HC used to strike down a 2001 notification of the Punjab government, allowing SGPC to reserve 50% seats for Sikhs in its educational institutions. The HC had said government should have taken the population of the state into consideration rather than of the country. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000080"></span><em><span style="color: #000080">(dhananjay.mahapatra@timesgroup.com)</span></em></span></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000080"><img src="http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/common/zero.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 71944, member: 884"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][B]source:[/B] [B][URL="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/all-followers-of-sikh-gurus-not-sikhs-sgpc/59093-3.html"][U][COLOR=#810081]http://www.ibnlive.com/news/all-followers-of-sikh-gurus-not-sikhs-sgpc/59093-3.html[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=#000080]All followers of Sikh gurus not Sikhs: SGPC[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=#000080]ibnlive.com[/COLOR] [IMG]http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/common/zero.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.ibnlive.com/pix/sitepix/08_2006/sikhturban248.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#ff0000][B]A NEW ORDER? SGPC filed a petition before the SC against a Punjab and Haryana HC order. [/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][B]New Delhi:[/B] The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee or SGPC has contended that different sects who worship and follow Sikh gurus cannot be called part of Sikh community and the recent Punjab and Haryana High Court order denying minority status to the Sikhs was a serious error.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Filing a petition before the Supreme Court against the HC order striking down a Punjab Government notification, granting minority status to SGPC-run educational institutions in the state, the SGPC said it is a serious error to treating all followers of Sikh gurus as Sikhs.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The SC issued notices to the Centre, Punjab state, Sahil Mittal and others on the basis of two separate petitions filed by SGPC and state of Punjab.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]A bench consisting of Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, Justices CK Thakker and RV Raveendran, however, refused to stay the operation of the High Court judgement dated December 17, 2007, holding that there is nothing to show that Sikhs were not a dominant group in the state.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]Earlier a group of students had moved a petition in the High Court after they had been denied admission in medical science courses in view of 50 per cent reservation granted to Sikhs in the SGPC-run medical colleges, which enjoy the status of minority institutions.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The students had challenged the validity of Punjab Government notification dated April 25, 2006, under Section 2(f) of Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutions (regulation of admission, fixation of fees and making of reservation) Act 2006, which granted minority status to SGPC-run educational institutions.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]According to the petitioners, Sikhs constituted 65 per cent population in Punjab and cannot be granted minority status.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]The High Court later ruled that the definition of minority under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution of India couldn’t be overruled or changed through a state government act.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#810081][B][URL="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Those_not_on_our_rolls_are_not_Sikhs_SGPC/articleshow/2786665.cms"][U]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Those_not_on_our_rolls_are_not_Sikhs_SGPC/articleshow/2786665.cms[/U][/URL][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=#000080][FONT=Arial][B][SIZE=5]Those not on our rolls are not Sikhs: SGPC [/SIZE][/B]16 Feb 2008, 0051 hrs IST[IMG]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif[/IMG],[IMG]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000080][FONT=Arial]Dhananjay Mahapatra[IMG]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif[/IMG],[IMG]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif[/IMG]TNN - TIMES OF INDIA [/FONT][IMG]http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/images/spacer.gif[/IMG][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000080]NEW DELHI: At a time when there is a hefty premium on the numbers a community or caste can boast, the Sikh Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee, along with the Punjab government, seem anxious to prune the ranks of Sikhs. Determined to retain the 'minority' tag which gives SGPC virtually a free hand in running the huge network of Sikh educational institutions, the committee has said that only its members can be counted as Sikhs. The audacious claim, which seeks to conflate the community with members of the controversial religious body and puts a whole number of sects - from colourful Nihangs and Nirankaris to Dera Sacha Sauda, Udasis and Radha Soamis - out of the fold, was put forward in the Supreme Court on Friday by SGPC and the Punjab government. SGPC and the state government, controlled by its political cohorts - the Akalis - had approached the SC to challenge an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which ruled that the community could not claim "minority status" in Punjab. The HC judgment had come on petitions filed by students who had applied for admissions to medical and dental colleges run by SGPC but failed to secure them because of the 50% reservation given to Sikhs after the state conferred minority status on the Sikh community. The SC Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices C K Thakker and R V Raveendran, which issued notice on the petitions but refused to stay the HC judgment, seemed to scoff at the arguments. On behalf of the petitioners, counsel Harish Salve and Jayshree Anand argued that SGPC had since its formation in 1925 recognised only those as Sikhs who believed only in "Guru Granth Sahib", the "Ten Gurus" and "no other religion". Though true, the criterion has never been used as a litmus test for determining who is a Sikh. Though the community has frowned upon leaders of Nirankaris and Baba Ram Rahim of Dera Sacha Sauda, who call themselves Gurus, Nihangs have rarely been seen as outsiders. The community leaders did not seek to look askance at Sikhs worshipping Hindu gods even after the toll the turbulent 80s took on the bond between the two communities. The HC in its December 17, 2007, judgment had said: "There is no material to substantiate that 'Sikhs' are a non-dominant group in Punjab apprehending deprivation of their rights at the hands of 'dominant group' who may come to power in the state in a democratic election." Counsel for SGPC tried to substantiate their plea by arguing that the number of Sikh electors in Punjab registered with the religious body was 53.98 lakh, which is less than 50% of the total 1.65 crore registered voters in the state. It did not seem to wash with the Bench which remarked that if the SGPC's method of determining the minority status was to be accepted, then the entire Hindu community, with myriad sects and sub-sects, would also be entitled to claim 'minority status'. SGPC and the state, in their appeals before the SC, took shelter under a declaration from the National Commission for Minority Act under which the Central government had issued a notification on October 23, 1993, declaring Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians as minority communities. The Bench, however, demurred, pointing out that the Act pertained to the areas where the community, in relation to the total population, was in minority, implying that the law could not be invoked in Punjab where, according to the 2001 Census, Sikhs were the majority. The stand of the Bench mirrored the one taken by a constitution Bench in the T M A Pai case. This was also the reasoning that HC used to strike down a 2001 notification of the Punjab government, allowing SGPC to reserve 50% seats for Sikhs in its educational institutions. The HC had said government should have taken the population of the state into consideration rather than of the country. 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