The Bombay High Court posted the petition for further hearing after four weeks (Representational)
Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court has sought the response of Balbharti, the publisher of school textbooks, on a petition seeking deletion of a chapter in a history textbook in which Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is referred to as a "terrorist". A division bench headed by Justice Anoop Mohta gave the response earlier this week while hearing a petition filed by city resident Amritpalsingh Khalsa.
In his petition, Mr Khalsa alleged that the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbooks Production and Curriclum Research (known as Balbharti) is spreading a "vicious propaganda" by calling Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale a "terrorist".
He sought a direction to Balbharti to delete the reference to Bhindranwale as "terrorist", in a chapter in the history textbook of class 9. The petition has also sought a direction to Balbharti to apologise to the Sikh community for allegedly hurting their religious sentiments and to direct the police to file a complaint against the education body.
The high court has posted the petition for further hearing after four weeks. Bhindranwale was killed in Operation Bluestar in 1984.
In his petition, Mr Khalsa alleged that the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbooks Production and Curriclum Research (known as Balbharti) is spreading a "vicious propaganda" by calling Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale a "terrorist".
He sought a direction to Balbharti to delete the reference to Bhindranwale as "terrorist", in a chapter in the history textbook of class 9. The petition has also sought a direction to Balbharti to apologise to the Sikh community for allegedly hurting their religious sentiments and to direct the police to file a complaint against the education body.
The high court has posted the petition for further hearing after four weeks. Bhindranwale was killed in Operation Bluestar in 1984.
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