05-31-2009, 04:23 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Leaning on the side of a text-based, more conservative definition of who is a true Sikh and the importance of hair in Sikhism, the full bench of justices JS Khehar, Jasbir Singh and Ajay Kumar Mittal in a 152-page order said keeping unshorn hair was an essential and most fundamental component of the religion.
The order came on a plea by Gurleen Kaur and others who had challenged denial of admission into an MBBS course at the Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, a Sikh minority institution, on grounds that they <b>plucked their eyebrows and trimmed their hair</b>
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Although the bench took the view that unshorn hair was an inalienable part of Sikh swarup, it observed that keeping the kirpan was not as important.
The SGPC burst out in celebration moments after the verdict and its chief Avtar Singh Makkar said, ``We are happy with the judgment. Our stand that unshorn hair is of paramount importance for Sikhs has been vindicated.'' <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are they going to check girls legs and arms, whether they are shaved or not?
3 months before admission if she stopped plucking, they would have declared her pure Sikh.
What they will do Sikh male who wash their head with salt water to go bald fast? That should be considered as cheating. They should fall under category patit.
The order came on a plea by Gurleen Kaur and others who had challenged denial of admission into an MBBS course at the Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, a Sikh minority institution, on grounds that they <b>plucked their eyebrows and trimmed their hair</b>
...
Although the bench took the view that unshorn hair was an inalienable part of Sikh swarup, it observed that keeping the kirpan was not as important.
The SGPC burst out in celebration moments after the verdict and its chief Avtar Singh Makkar said, ``We are happy with the judgment. Our stand that unshorn hair is of paramount importance for Sikhs has been vindicated.'' <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Are they going to check girls legs and arms, whether they are shaved or not?
3 months before admission if she stopped plucking, they would have declared her pure Sikh.
What they will do Sikh male who wash their head with salt water to go bald fast? That should be considered as cheating. They should fall under category patit.