Indian Supreme Court to hear case of Gurdwara Gurudongmar after disturbing reports on social media about removal of Sikh items of worship from a seven-decade old shrine in Sikkim by Buddhists wanting to convert it into a monastery.

On his second day as the Chief Justice of India, in a PIL from a young Sikh lawyer from Mumbai, the Supreme Court of India has decided to hear the case of removal of Sikh items of worship, including the revered Guru Granth Sahib from a Gurdwara Gurudongmar Sahib in Sikkim amidst social media reports that that the local population had threatened to demolish the Gurdwara and replace it with a Buddhist monastery.  The petitioners have prayed for a status quo prayer with proper notice to the Sikh community for any attempted renovation or redesigning of the said Gurdwara.

The court has asked the petitioner to deliver a copy of the petition to the standing counsel of the Sikkim government.

Legend has it that the first master of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak visited the place and that the Gurdwara Sahib is in existence for the last more than 7 decades, even before Sikkim became a part of India in the early seventies of the last century.

““Once we get an ad interim stay from the Supreme court, we will garner historical evidence to support the contention that it is a historical shrine of the Sikhs.” Amritpal Singh Khalsa, petitioner”

Speaking exclusively to WSN, lawyer Amritpal Singh said that “once we get an ad interim stay from the Supreme court, we will garner historical evidence to support the contention that it is a historical shrine of the Sikhs.” My love and respect for the Sikh religion and the urgency of the matter prompted me to reach Delhi and appeal to the highest court of the land, he further added.

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice P C Pant and Justice D Y Chandrachud sought to know from the petitioners -Amritpal Singh Khalsa and Delhi based activist Ajmer Singh Randhawa as to why they had not approached the High Court but lawyer Amritpal Singh emphasized the urgency of the situation and thus the court is likely to hear the petition tomorrow.

“World Sikh News appeals to members of the community to come out with historic, academic or administrative evidence to confirm the status of the Gurdwara Sahib in Sikkim.”

World Sikh News appeals to members of the community to come out with historic, academic or administrative evidence to confirm the status of the Gurdwara Sahib in Sikkim, which is also known as Gurdwara Nanak Lama Sahib.

It is noteworthy that neither the SGPC delegation nor a team of the Sikh Channel was allowed by the Sikkim government to reach the Gurdwara Sahib.

It is surprising that peace-loving Buddhists should resort to such unlawful and unsocial acts hurting the sentiments of the Sikh community.

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While the community bigwigs in Delhi and Amritsar were still pondering over disturbing social media reports of removal of Sikh items of worship from the said Gurdwara, Amritpal Singh Khalsa travelled from Mumbai to petition an urgent hearing from the Supreme Court of India.