{"id":46897,"date":"2017-02-08T03:27:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=46897"},"modified":"2017-02-08T03:27:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:57:13","slug":"sardarji-jokes-courts-cant-lay-moral-guidelines-says-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sardarji-jokes-courts-cant-lay-moral-guidelines-says-sc","title":{"rendered":"Sardarji jokes: Courts can&#8217;t lay down moral guidelines, says SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46502\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/decide-death-row-convicts-plea-2-monthssc-hc\/death-row\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"292,173\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"death row\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-46502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?resize=292%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sardarji jokes: Courts can't lay down moral guidelines, says SC\" width=\"292\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?w=292&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sardarji jokes: Courts can&#8217;t lay down moral guidelines, says SC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today expressed its inability to issue directions to regulate jokes about the Sikh community, observing courts cannot &#8220;lay down moral guidelines&#8221; for citizens and doubting their enforceability if they were to do so.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi said courts cannot pass any regulations asking people to behave in a &#8220;particular manner in public&#8221; and even if they do, &#8220;who will enforce them on the streets?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are clear on the issue that the courts cannot lay down moral guidelines for citizens. We cannot issue guidelines to regulate individuals,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench, which indicated its opinion on the issue, said it would pass a formal order on a batch of petitions alleging commercial dissemination of &#8220;insulting&#8221; jokes about Sikhs through public modes of communication, like internet and SMS, on March 27.<\/p>\n<p>It did not agree with the submission that like the Vishakha judgement, in which the apex court had given a slew of directions on women safety at work places, directions can be passed in the instant matter also till the government comes out with a legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the Vishakha and the eve teasing judgements, the state was the party. Here, how can the court issue the writ of mandamus (directions) against individuals,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench said, &#8220;Certain things are collective and certain things are individual&#8230;Some people laugh when they hear jokes, some are reserved. How can we issue guidelines as to how people should conduct themselves?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bench said the entire country respects the natives of the border areas including Punjab for their bravery and the history has been witness to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sikh is highly respected community but you are bringing it down by fighting litigation to ban jokes,&#8221; it said, adding that at best the issue fell within the domain of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>It said an aggrieved individual has the legal remedy and there was no scope for issuing guidelines for common public to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The bench, earlier headed by the then CJI T S Thakur, had said it was willing to issue directions to curb dissemination of &#8220;insulting&#8221; jokes about Sikhs.<\/p>\n<p>It had said that the key concern was the enforcement of such directives.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today expressed its inability to issue directions to regulate jokes about the Sikh community, observing courts cannot &#8220;lay down moral guidelines&#8221; for citizens and doubting their enforceability if they were to do so. 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