

My children are humiliated and feel embarrassed and they don't want to suffix Singh with their name," she argued.Ĭhowdhary said whenever she travelled in public transport, including Delhi metro, she came across instances where even on trivial issues people were ridiculed while citing jokes relating of the Sikh community.

"All jokes relating to the Sikh community should be stopped. Why you want it to be stopped," Justice Thakur said while seeking to understand the rationale behind the ban plea. Gopala Gowda asked her why she wanted such a ban as "this (Sikh) community is known for a great sense of humour and they also enjoy such jokes". The Supreme Court will look into a plea for a ban on websites carrying jokes on Sikhs, as a lawyer-petitioner told the apex court on Friday the community was projected as people of low intellect, stupid and foolish with such jokes.Īs petitioner Harvinder Chowdhary urged for directions to ban websites spreading jokes on Sikhs, an apex court bench of Justice T.S.
