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Plea against voting rights of Sehajdhari Sikhs dismissed http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/plea-against-voting-rights-of-sehajdhari-sikhs-dismissed/article5402543.ece The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition to debar the Sehajdhari Sikhs from voting in Shiromani...

Sehajdhari row: Supreme Court admits SGPC plea http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Amritsar/US-recognises-SGPC/SP-Article1-1131185.aspx The Supreme Court on Friday provided some relief to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) by admitting its special leave petition (SLP)...

Makkar may be axed if Sehajdhari row is settled Tuesday, April, 16 2013 - 11:22 By Jagtar Singh- CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Avtar Singh Makkar is likely to be replaced in case the Sehajdhari Sikh Party finally settles the issue of voting right with...

Badals afraid of losing Sehajdhari case: Dr Ranu Tuesday, October, 30 2012 - 16:26 CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal met the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister yesterday regarding the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara...

Sehajdhari row: SGPC to seek time from Supreme Court Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 20:30 CHANDIGARH: The Sehajdhari Sikh Federation has filed its reply in the Special Leave Petition of the SGPC before Supreme Court. The respondent Sehajdhari Sikh Federation represented by its National President...

Sehajdhari Sikh Party jumps into Punjab poll fray PTI | 07:01 PM,Jan 05,2012 Chandigarh, Jan 5 (PTI) The Sehajdhari Sikh Party today jumped into the poll fray by releasing its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections. "The party has fought a long legal battle...

Sehajdhari voting rights: HC summons MHA records TNN | Sep 23, 2011, 06.55AM IST CHANDIGARH: Taking up the plea of Sehajdhari Sikh Federation, seeking directions to quash the notification through which their right to vote in Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) polls was...

HC full bench recuses from Sehajdhari case Chandigarh Three-judge bench says recusing to provide ‘clean slate’ to petitioners, respondents To provide a “clean slate” to the petitioners and respondents, the three-member full bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court hearing the petitions...

Who is a 'sehajdhari'? CHANDIGARH: For the past several years, the Sikh community has been besieged by confusion and legal conflicts in the absence of clarity on the term 'Sehajdhari'. The present development arising out of withdrawal of a notification by the central government is all set...

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday criticised the denial of voting rights to Sehajdhari Sikhs in the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) polls. Amarinder, who interacted with students outside the Punjabi University campus during the...

As per the Mahan Kosh by Bhai Kahan Singh Nabha, the Punjabi word ‘Sehajdhari’ means as followings:- ਸਹਜਧਾਰੀ :- ਵਿ – ਸਹਜ (ਗਯਾਨ) ਧਾਰਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਸੁਖਾਲੀ ਧਾਰਣ ਵਾਲਾ, ਸੋਖੀ ਰੀਤ ਅੰਗੀਕਾਰ ਕਰਨ , ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਅੰਗ, ਜੋ ਖੰਡੇ ਦਾ ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਪਾਨ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਕੱਛ ਕ੍ਰਿਪਾਨ ਦੀ ਰਹਿਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਰਖਦਾ, ਪਰ ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਗ੍ਰੰਥ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਬਿਨਾ...

CHANDIGARH: Taking up the petition seeking voting rights for Sehajdhari Sikhs in the SGPC elections, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued notice of motion for September 28 to the Union government, Gurdwara Election Commission and the Punjab government. In a petition filed before the...

Hello Everyone Could you comment on this: Sehajdhari Sikh Federation Blessings Curious

Guru fathay Can someone please shed some light on this subject? I have read many articles on the net and still don’t understand, What stand is on this subject. And what has SGPC done to change this? I'm a mona Sikh, but regarding to some articles, SGPC have announced, any one who has cut...

Every few years, Indian courts receive petitions from some mischief makers and some apparently aggrieved people questioning the definition of a Sikh or a Gurdwara or even challenging the juristic persona status of Guru Granth Sahib. Sometimes...

I am confused about these people. Do Sikhs classify these people as Sikhs or not? What do people here think about them?

Nearly 3 years after Baisakhi of 1699 Guru ji wrote letters (hukamnamas to some sahejdhari Sikhs - non amritdhari) on 6 February 1702 signed (characteristic authentic Nissan of tenth Guruji) by Guruji. The following is the text of one of these written to Sikhs presumably in Patna as the letter...