HC notice to SGPC over Gurbani telecast contract
29 Apr 2008 Hindustantimes Chandigarh Pg 06
THE GURU Nanak Dev Universal Brotherhood Society (GNDUBS) has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for entering into an exclusive contract with a television channel for telecasting Gurbani from Harmandir Sahib.
Pleading for setting aside the contract between the SGPC and ETC Punjabi channel, the Society said the SGPC's decision amounted to commercialisation of the Gurbani and was against the basic tenets of Sikhism.
After the preliminary hearing, the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh, issued notice to the SGPC, the Union Home Ministry and ETC channel for May 2.
In its PIL, the Society submitted that this exclusive contract was also against the provisions of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925.
As per the petition, the SGPC charged Rs 2 crore while signing the contract that granted worldwide, absolute rights for 11 years at Rs 50 lakh per year. Besides, the SGPC would get 10 per cent of the gross revenue generated from the advertisements immediately before and after the Gurbani programme.
The petitioner submitted, "The Gurbani being a fountainhead of Sikhs' spirituality that motivates members of the community to cherish higher values of life, is not the property of the SGPC alone as the same belongs to the whole humanity as defined by the Gurus in their Bani enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib." Therefore, the petitioner stated, Gurbani could not be made a tool of earning profit for the SGPC and other channels telecasting it against the basic principles of Sikhism.
The Bench fixed May 2 as the next date of hearing. The main writ petition of Tata Sky seeking directions to the Zee group-owned ETC to provide the facility of telecasting Gurbani to its DTH subscribers at a reasonable price, will also come up for further hearing on that day.
Notice of motion on DTOs THE DIVISION Bench of Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh on Monday issued a notice of motion to the Punjab government and others on a petition challenging the move of the Punjab government to withdraw the trafficticket-sorting charge from courts and pass it to the district transport officers.
In their petition, lawyers H. C. Arora and A. P. S. Shergill had submitted that the state government had not shown even elementary courtesy to consult the High Court before tinkering with its powers. This decision of the state government was against the principles of natural justice, they further alleged.
The Bench issued notices for May 16 and asked the state government counsel to seek instructions from the government for withdrawing the impugned circulars. Family gets relief THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court has ordered that Rs 4 lakh as compensation be granted to the family of a Rothak-based housewife killed in an accident resulting from the negligence of the railway authorities.
Santosh, 42, had died after the gates at a railway crossing on the Kucca Beri road in Rohtak had fallen on her head on May 21, 2004. Stay issued THE DIVISION Bench of Justice K.S. Garewal and Justice Daya Chaudhary on Monday stayed the April 11 orders of the Haryana Government, wherein it had removed Gurdev Singh as president of the Municipal Council at Sohna in Gurgaon. The Bench issued notices to the Haryana Urban Development and Local Bodies Secretary among others for May 14. The petitioner has ascribed political motive to the government's action and referred to a land dispute in the municipal area and his refusal to be party to it.
THE GURU Nanak Dev Universal Brotherhood Society (GNDUBS) has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for entering into an exclusive con- tract with a television channel for telecasting Gurbani from Har- mandir Sahib. Pleading for setting aside the contract between the SGPC and ETC Punjabi channel, the Society said the SGPC's decision amount- ed to commercialisation of the Gurbani and was against the basic tenets of Sikhism. After the preliminary hearing, the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh, issued no- tice to the SGPC, the Union Home Ministry and ETC channel for May 2. In its PIL, the Society submitted that this exclusive contract was also against the provisions of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925. As per the petition, the SGPC charged Rs 2 crore while signing the contract that granted world- wide, absolute rights for 11 years at Rs 50 lakh per year. Besides, the SGPC would get 10 per cent of the gross revenue generated from the advertisements immediately be- fore and after the Gurbani pro- gramme. The petitioner submitted, "The Gurbani being a fountainhead of Sikhs' spirituality that motivates members of the community to cherish higher values of life, is not the property of the SGPC alone as the same belongs to the whole hu- manity as defined by the Gurus in their Bani enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib." Therefore, the peti- tioner stated, Gurbani could not be made a tool of earning profit for the SGPC and other channels tele- casting it against the basic princi- ples of Sikhism. The Bench fixed May 2 as the next date of hearing. The main writ petition of Tata Sky seeking directions to the Zee group-owned ETC to provide the facility of tele- casting Gurbani to its DTH sub- scribers at a reasonable price, will also come up for further hearing on that day. Notice of motion on DTOs THE DIVISION Bench of Chief Jus- tice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh on Monday issued a notice of motion to the Punjab gov- ernment and others on a petition challenging the move of the Punjab government to withdraw the traffic- ticket-sorting charge from courts and pass it to the district transport officers. In their petition, lawyers H. C. Arora and A. P. S. Shergill had sub- mitted that the state government had not shown even elementary courtesy to consult the High Court before tinkering with its powers. This decision of the state govern- ment was against the principles of natural justice, they further alleged. The Bench issued notices for May 16 and asked the state government counsel to seek instructions from the government for withdrawing the impugned circulars. Family gets relief THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court has ordered that Rs 4 lakh as compensation be granted to the fam- ily of a Rothak-based housewife killed in an accident resulting from the negligence of the railway au- thorities. Santosh, 42, had died after the gates at a railway crossing on the Kucca Beri road in Rohtak had fall- en on her head on May 21, 2004. Stay issued THE DIVISION Bench of Justice K.S. Garewal and Justice Daya Chaudhary on Monday stayed the April 11 orders of the Haryana Gov- ernment, wherein it had removed Gurdev Singh as president of the Municipal Council at Sohna in Gur- gaon. The Bench issued notices to the Haryana Urban Development and Local Bodies Secretary among others for May 14. The petitioner has ascribed political motive to the government's action and referred to a land dispute in the municipal area and his refusal to be party to it.
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29 Apr 2008 Hindustantimes Chandigarh Pg 06
THE GURU Nanak Dev Universal Brotherhood Society (GNDUBS) has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for entering into an exclusive contract with a television channel for telecasting Gurbani from Harmandir Sahib.
Pleading for setting aside the contract between the SGPC and ETC Punjabi channel, the Society said the SGPC's decision amounted to commercialisation of the Gurbani and was against the basic tenets of Sikhism.
After the preliminary hearing, the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh, issued notice to the SGPC, the Union Home Ministry and ETC channel for May 2.
In its PIL, the Society submitted that this exclusive contract was also against the provisions of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925.
As per the petition, the SGPC charged Rs 2 crore while signing the contract that granted worldwide, absolute rights for 11 years at Rs 50 lakh per year. Besides, the SGPC would get 10 per cent of the gross revenue generated from the advertisements immediately before and after the Gurbani programme.
The petitioner submitted, "The Gurbani being a fountainhead of Sikhs' spirituality that motivates members of the community to cherish higher values of life, is not the property of the SGPC alone as the same belongs to the whole humanity as defined by the Gurus in their Bani enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib." Therefore, the petitioner stated, Gurbani could not be made a tool of earning profit for the SGPC and other channels telecasting it against the basic principles of Sikhism.
The Bench fixed May 2 as the next date of hearing. The main writ petition of Tata Sky seeking directions to the Zee group-owned ETC to provide the facility of telecasting Gurbani to its DTH subscribers at a reasonable price, will also come up for further hearing on that day.
Notice of motion on DTOs THE DIVISION Bench of Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh on Monday issued a notice of motion to the Punjab government and others on a petition challenging the move of the Punjab government to withdraw the trafficticket-sorting charge from courts and pass it to the district transport officers.
In their petition, lawyers H. C. Arora and A. P. S. Shergill had submitted that the state government had not shown even elementary courtesy to consult the High Court before tinkering with its powers. This decision of the state government was against the principles of natural justice, they further alleged.
The Bench issued notices for May 16 and asked the state government counsel to seek instructions from the government for withdrawing the impugned circulars. Family gets relief THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court has ordered that Rs 4 lakh as compensation be granted to the family of a Rothak-based housewife killed in an accident resulting from the negligence of the railway authorities.
Santosh, 42, had died after the gates at a railway crossing on the Kucca Beri road in Rohtak had fallen on her head on May 21, 2004. Stay issued THE DIVISION Bench of Justice K.S. Garewal and Justice Daya Chaudhary on Monday stayed the April 11 orders of the Haryana Government, wherein it had removed Gurdev Singh as president of the Municipal Council at Sohna in Gurgaon. The Bench issued notices to the Haryana Urban Development and Local Bodies Secretary among others for May 14. The petitioner has ascribed political motive to the government's action and referred to a land dispute in the municipal area and his refusal to be party to it.
THE GURU Nanak Dev Universal Brotherhood Society (GNDUBS) has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee for entering into an exclusive con- tract with a television channel for telecasting Gurbani from Har- mandir Sahib. Pleading for setting aside the contract between the SGPC and ETC Punjabi channel, the Society said the SGPC's decision amount- ed to commercialisation of the Gurbani and was against the basic tenets of Sikhism. After the preliminary hearing, the Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh, issued no- tice to the SGPC, the Union Home Ministry and ETC channel for May 2. In its PIL, the Society submitted that this exclusive contract was also against the provisions of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925. As per the petition, the SGPC charged Rs 2 crore while signing the contract that granted world- wide, absolute rights for 11 years at Rs 50 lakh per year. Besides, the SGPC would get 10 per cent of the gross revenue generated from the advertisements immediately be- fore and after the Gurbani pro- gramme. The petitioner submitted, "The Gurbani being a fountainhead of Sikhs' spirituality that motivates members of the community to cherish higher values of life, is not the property of the SGPC alone as the same belongs to the whole hu- manity as defined by the Gurus in their Bani enshrined in Guru Granth Sahib." Therefore, the peti- tioner stated, Gurbani could not be made a tool of earning profit for the SGPC and other channels tele- casting it against the basic princi- ples of Sikhism. The Bench fixed May 2 as the next date of hearing. The main writ petition of Tata Sky seeking directions to the Zee group-owned ETC to provide the facility of tele- casting Gurbani to its DTH sub- scribers at a reasonable price, will also come up for further hearing on that day. Notice of motion on DTOs THE DIVISION Bench of Chief Jus- tice Vijender Jain and Justice Jaswant Singh on Monday issued a notice of motion to the Punjab gov- ernment and others on a petition challenging the move of the Punjab government to withdraw the traffic- ticket-sorting charge from courts and pass it to the district transport officers. In their petition, lawyers H. C. Arora and A. P. S. Shergill had sub- mitted that the state government had not shown even elementary courtesy to consult the High Court before tinkering with its powers. This decision of the state govern- ment was against the principles of natural justice, they further alleged. The Bench issued notices for May 16 and asked the state government counsel to seek instructions from the government for withdrawing the impugned circulars. Family gets relief THE PUNJAB and Haryana High Court has ordered that Rs 4 lakh as compensation be granted to the fam- ily of a Rothak-based housewife killed in an accident resulting from the negligence of the railway au- thorities. Santosh, 42, had died after the gates at a railway crossing on the Kucca Beri road in Rohtak had fall- en on her head on May 21, 2004. Stay issued THE DIVISION Bench of Justice K.S. Garewal and Justice Daya Chaudhary on Monday stayed the April 11 orders of the Haryana Gov- ernment, wherein it had removed Gurdev Singh as president of the Municipal Council at Sohna in Gur- gaon. The Bench issued notices to the Haryana Urban Development and Local Bodies Secretary among others for May 14. The petitioner has ascribed political motive to the government's action and referred to a land dispute in the municipal area and his refusal to be party to it.
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