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The Supreme Court has expressed its inability to issue directions to regulate jokes about the Sikh community, and observed that courts cannot lay down moral guidelines for citizens.
The Apex court said it doubts how such guidelines could be enforced if they were to do so.
A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi yesterday said courts cannot pass any regulations asking people to behave in a particular manner in public. The bench said at best the issue fell within the domain of Parliament.
The bench will pass a formal order on 27th of March, on a batch of petitions alleging commercial dissemination of insulting jokes about Sikhs through public modes of communication, like internet and SMS.