sri guru granth sahib–a juristic person

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1、ThispaperwaspresentedinInternationalSikhConferences2004SRIGURUGRANTHSAHIB-AJURISTICPERSONKashmirSingh*ProfessorofLaw,GuruNanakDevUniversity,AmritsarInajudgmententitledShiromaniGurdwaraParbandhakCommitteeAmritsarv.SomNathDassandothersAIR2000SC1421.deliveredonMarch29,20

2、00,theSupremeCourtofIndiahasheldthatSriGuruGranthSahibisajuristicperson.Itsimpactwasnotproperlyunderstoodandcorrectlyappreciatedinthebeginning.Itgaverisetosomemisconceptions,apprehensionsandqueries.TheSikhsfeltalarmedanddisturbed.Misinformationmighthaveledtosomesortof

3、agitation.Variousquestionsthatcroppedupaboutthejudgmentwereasunder-DoesitholdGuruGranthSahibsimplyaperson?IsitappropriatetocallGuruGranthSahibapersonorajuristicpersoninsteadofGuru?WhetherthejudgmentdenigratesSikhismandGuruGranthSahib?Doesitupholdtheindependentandsepar

4、ateidentityofSikhism?HasGuruGranthSahibbeenequatedwithHinduidolordeity?HasitmadetheHolySikhscripturesubjecttothejurisdictionofworldlycourtsandfacilitatedtodragitsnameirreverentlybeforethecourtsjustlikeordinarypropertyholders?Canthesuitsandclaimsbefiledagainsteverycopy

5、ofGuruGranthSahib?WillitnowbecomenecessarytotakeSriGuruGranthSahibtocourts?CantheindividualsdestroyingthecopiesofGuruGranthSahibbeconvictedformurder?Whetherthenon-SikhjudgesproperlycomprehendedtheSikhprinciplesandtraditions?Suchquerieshavepromptedtogothroughthejudgmen

6、tminutelyandtodilateuponit.Thejudgmentanswersmostofthequeriesbutbeforediscussingthejudgmentindetail,someofthequestionsmaybeanswered.FirstweshouldknowwhetherthetenSikhGuruswerepersons?Iftheywereso,itwillnotbeinappropriatetocallGuruGranthSahibapersonorjuristicperson.The

7、SikhGuruslivedonthisearthinfleshandbloodlikeotherhumanbeings.Theywerehumanbeingsbuttheywereideal,prefect,holyandsinlesshumanbeings.Therehumanitywasrealandnotfeigned.Theyfoughttyranny,sinandevilandovercameit.Theywereperfectexamplersofmankind.Theywerenotsupernaturalbein

8、gsandwerenotbeyondthecapacityofthepeopletoimitatethem.Theyavoidedshowingmiraclesbuttaughtbypersonalpreceptofloveandlabour.Th