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Ban websites spreading Sardar jokes, prays PIL before Supreme Court
A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of India seeking a ban on the websites which spread jokes portraying those belonging to Sikh/Sardar community as ‘persons of low intellect, stupid and foolish’.
A bench comprising of Justices TS Thakur and V. Gopala Gowda will hear the matter on October 30.
The PIL – writ petition has been filed by one Harvinder Chowdhury on August 22, 2015 and inter alia the petition prays:
issue a writ of mandamus to the respondents to ban websites spreading jokes on sardars/Sikhs projecting them as persons of low intellect, stupid and foolish, etc.
| Case No. | Writ Petition (Criminal ) No. 160 of 2015 [PIL] |
| Case Title | Harvinder Chowdhury v. Union of India & Ors. |
| Date of hearing | October 30, 2105 |
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