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The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to the Army, the Centre and the Central Bureau of Investigation connected a petition seeking directions for disclosure of manuscripts, spiritual books and different articles allegedly seized during Operation Blue Star and handed implicit to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Ramesh Kumari passed these directions connected Monday (March 30, 2026) portion proceeding the plea filed by a Ludhiana nonmigratory successful 2019.
The petitioner sought directions to the SGPC for the whereabouts of the spiritual texts, manuscripts and different articles that were allegedly seized during Operation Blue Star and fixed to the SGPC.
Operation Blue Star was a subject cognition undertaken betwixt June 1 and June 10, 1984, against Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale-led equipped militants who were holed up wrong the Golden Temple successful Amritsar.
In November 2019, the precocious tribunal had past issued a announcement of question to the SGPC only. But during consequent hearings, the SGPC stated that immoderate items were returned and immoderate articles were inactive successful the possession of the CBI, the Centre and the Army.
Plea for database of items seized
Petitioner Satinder Singh, who described himself arsenic a devout Sikh, submitted that during the operation, the articles were seized from the Sikh Reference Library, Toshakhana, Central Sikh Museum and Guru Ramdas Library of the Golden Temple complex.
The petitioner sought directions for the mentation of lists of manuscripts, artifacts and lit removed connected June 7, 1984. He besides sought directions for the mentation of a database of manuscripts, spiritual texts and different articles returned to the SGPC.
It was further prayed that manuscripts, spiritual books and different articles beryllium restored to the libraries, the Central Sikh Museum and Toshakhana successful Golden Temple Complex.
These should beryllium made disposable to the nationalist for 'darshan', speechmaking and probe purposes, submitted the petitioner.
While issuing notices, the precocious tribunal connected Monday asked the respondents to record their replies connected whether they are successful possession of the articles.
