Sikh manuscripts case: High Court seeks response of Centre, Army
Petitioner claimed that Sikh articles were seized during operation Blue Star in 1984
The High Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the Army on a plea seeking disclosure of the manuscripts, religious texts and other articles purportedly handed over to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) by them.
The petitioner claimed that the articles were seized during the operation Blue Star in 1984. This comes about seven years after a Ludhiana resident sought directions to the Sikh body to disclose the fate of the religious texts and other articles purportedly handed over to them by the Indian Army, the CBI and the government.
As the matter came up for hearing on Monday, the Bench headed by Chief Justice Sheel Nagu asserted, “Let the respondents concerned file their reply. If they have it, they will say so. Otherwise, they will say they do not have it.”
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Taking up the matter, the Bench on November 7, 2019, had issued notice of motion only to the SGPC.
Its stand emerging during the course of subsequent hearings was that some articles were still in possession of the CBI, Army or the Centre.
