AMRITSAR: Sikh clerics have asked Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee president Avtar Singh Makkar to impress upon the Central government to issue directions for registration of cases under Section 302 (murder) instead of Hurting Religious Sentiments (295 A) in cases of disrespect shown to Sri Guru Granth Sahib, considered as ‘living Guru’ by Sikhs, reasoning that even the Supreme Court had declared Sri Guru Granth Sahib as a ‘juristic person’.
Talking to media persons after holding a meeting of five Sikh high priests on Monday, Jathedar of Akal Takht Giani Gurbachan Singh said that in recent past incidents of disrespect to Sri Guru Granth Sahib had increased and there was dire need to implement stringent laws to punish the culprits.
Talking about Anand Marriage Act, Giani Gurbachan Singh said that there were certain shortcomings in the Act which needed to be amended. He said a seven-member committee had been constituted to look into the matter. The committee would also contemplate over Sikh Personal Law.
He added that provisions should be made to register Sikhs marriages under Anand Marriage Act. On the complaint of printing of gigantic Sri Guru Granth Sahib by a Malaysian Sikh, he said the high priests had asked the Malaysia Gurdwara Management Committee to send a report on it.
News Source: Times of India
