The mind has no skin, what colour is God’s skin? P&H HC asks to emphasise that persons should not be discriminated on skin tone, race

Last month, the Court had castigated the use of a derogatory term to refer to an African National in an NDPS case and directed the police"never to use the unprintable word in any police document."
Punjab & Haryana High Court
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"May I ask, what colour is God’s skin, and is there is any God, if anyone knows?"

Justice Rajiv Narain Raina recorded the rhetorical query in an order passed last Wednesday to emphasise that people should not be discriminated on the basis of skin tone or race.

The judge was prompted to take up the issue last month after an African national involved in an NDPS case was referred to by a derogatory term in police records (Amarjit Singh v. State of Punjab).

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