DELHI HIGH COURT : The State should not be seen as propagating any religion and the word secularism should be construed in right context, the Delhi High Court today said while seeking response from the Centre and RBI on a PIL for withdrawal of coins having religious symbols embossed on them.
“The State should not be propagating any religion, be it Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, etc,” a bench headed by Acting Chief Justice B. D. Ahmed said.
The bench issued notices to the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and asked them to file a status report within three weeks detailing the policy under which the symbols of temples and deities are being embossed on coins.
The word “secularism” should be construed in the right context, it said.
During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General Rajeeve Mehra, appearing for the Centre, said such coins have been issued to commemorate a particular historical event.
“Anyway, we will file a counter affidavit to it,” Mehra said. The court then fixed the matter for hearing on April 23.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by Delhi residents, Nafis Qazi and Abu Sayeed, through lawyer A. Rasheed Qureshi.
The petition has sought a direction to the RBI and the Finance ministry to withdraw the coins brought out in 2010 and 2013 with religious symbols on them.
“Direct the Respondent No 1 (Centre) to formulate a national policy whereby figures and symbols of any religion are prohibited from being made on any tangible or intangible property of the Indian State,” it said.
“These symbols undermine the secular character, a basic feature of the Constitution…. The making, marking, naming, drawing, embossing or displaying overtly any religious figure or symbol is tantamount to espousing a religion by the State,” the plea said.
The government, in 2010, brought into circulation a five Rupee coin in celebration of 1000 years of Brihadeeswara Temple, Thanjavur with its image embossed on it.
“Again in 2013 the Respondent No. 2 (RBI) brought out another five rupee coin with the figure of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board embossed on it,” it said and termed the state action as “anti-secular”. – Free Press Journal, 19 March 2014
Muslims file petition in Delhi High Court against Vaishno Devi coin! – Dainik Sanatan Prabhat
Central Government came out with a five rupee coin of Mata Vaishno Devi on the occasion of silver jubilee year of ‘Mata Shri Vaishno Devi Mandir Management Committee’. One fanatic Muslim named Nafees Kazi has challenged the coin in Delhi High Court.
1. Kazi’s advocate is also a Muslim. It has been stated in the petition that ‘having religious pictures or symbols on coins is against the secular image of India; therefore, the Government should be asked to withdraw such coins from use.
2. High Court ordered the Government to submit reply within 3 weeks on action taken in this regard.
3. It may be noted that the bench of High Court before whom hearing took place was led by Chief Judge B. D. Ahmad. – Dainik Sanatan Prabhat, 21 March 2014
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Beware of evangelists in the cloak of “simple” common man
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“Where were these jihadis when the GoI issued Christian coins in 1964 (Sister Alphonsa) and 2006 (various denominations with crosses on them)? Why have the coins become an issue today only after a Hindu commemorative coin is issued?”
This may be seen as a continuation of the doctrinal opposition to Vande Mataram, the classical archetype, now plumed in secular legalism. As of now, the alliance with the Christians, a la Hudaibiya, holds. Please note that Christians are People of the Book, as opposed to Hindus, who are outright Kafirs. So, that’s not *that* much of a problem, even in principle.
As SRG put it:
http://voiceofdharma.org/books/hsus/ch6.htm
“****The three ideologies have not yet started exchanging blows simply because their areas of operation have not yet coincided****. They have chosen to feed upon different limbs of the large-sized Hindu society. Christianism is busy amongst Hindu ‘tribals’ whom Hindu society had always left undisturbed. Islamism is on the prowl amongst the Harijans whom a power-hungry leadership is fast preparing for political blackmail. Communism is spreading its tentacles amongst the upper and middle classes whom it parades as its ‘proletarian base’.”
“Thus Hindu society not only presents itself as a prey to these exclusive, intolerant and imperialist ideologies but also acts as a buffer between them. India is secular because India is Hindu. It can be added as a corollary that India is a democracy also because India is Hindu. If Hindu society permits this free for all any further, the days of Secularism and Democracy in this country are numbered. Let the Hindus unite and save themselves, their democratic polity, their secular state, and their Sanãtana Dharma for a new cycle of civilization, not only for themselves but also the world.”
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Where were these jihadis when the GoI issued Christian coins in 1964 (Sister Alphonsa) and 2006 (various denominations with crosses on them)? Why have the coins become an issue today only after a Hindu commemorative coin is issued?
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