U.S. Judge Apologizes To Sikh

By siliconindia   |   Friday, 13 September 2013, 00:09 IST
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Bangalore: A judge in the United States sent a personal apology letter to Hardeep Singh, a Sikh who was asked to remove his ‘hat’ in the courtroom, reports Yudhvir Rana for The Times of India.
Manmeet Singh, from a Sikh NGO called United Sikhs in U.S., narrated the story of Hardeep Singh who is a resident of Battle Creek, Michigan. While Hardeep was accompanying his friend to the court hearing in the Kalamazoo County Probate Court in October of 2012, he was asked to remove his ‘hat’.
Hardeep made attempts to save his turban, which is a soul part of his religion, saying that was not just an ordinary hat. A couple’s effort to stop this from happening also failed. The judge asked Hardeep to either leave the courtroom or remove his turban, subsequent to which he preferred leaving the room.
The episode was termed as a shocking one for all Sikhs as they could not believe the judge’s rudeness.
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