New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought suggestions from Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee and the lawyer Harvinder Choudhury within judicial dimensions as to how the ban on circulation of sardar jokes from websites could be implemented.
A bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justices R. Banumathi and Uday Lalit granted six weeks for them to come out with concrete suggestions.
The CJI told counsel R.S. Suri and Ahluwalia, “You want the court to sensitise the public and also introduce guidelines to even schools. When we say ‘do not crack such jokes,’ how do we enforce the order. Of course we do not want you to be ridiculed but please tell us in what way we can do something.”
Counsel said, “Certain type of jokes are hurting us. It is not only the Sikhs. It covers Biharis and also people from the north east also.
“We may be enjoying jokes and also cracking jokes ourselves. But we do not want to become jokes ourselves.”
