An Indian court has ruled that Hindu gods cannot deal in stocks and shares, after an application for trading accounts to be set up in their names.
Two judges at the Bombay High Court on Friday rejected a petition from a private religious trust to open accounts in the names of five deities, including the revered elephant-headed god, Ganesha.
“Trading in shares on the stock market requires certain skills and expertise and to expect this from deities would not be proper,” judges P.B. Majumdar and Rajendra Sawant said, according to Indian newspapers.
The trust, owned by the former royal family of Sangli, in western Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, brought the case after successfully securing income tax cards and savings accounts for the deities.
But National Securities Depository Limited (NDSL) rejected the trust’s application for permission to open trading accounts, arguing that it would be difficult to take action against the gods in the event of irregularities.
“Gods and goddesses are meant to be worshipped in temples, not dragged into commercial activities like share trading,” the judges said.
Ganesha, also known as Lord Ganpati, is one of the most popular and well-known gods of the Hindu pantheon and is worshipped widely in Mumbai and Maharashtra.(AFP)
印度法院駁回以印度教神祇之名申請開設股市交易帳戶。
孟買高等法院的兩位法官上週五駁回某私人宗教信託機構的申請──欲以包括受人祟敬的象頭神格尼夏在內的五位印度教神祇之名開設帳戶。
據印度媒體報導，P.B.馬久姆達和拉彥德拉•薩萬兩位法官表示：「在股市從事交易需具備特定專業技能與知識，期望神明做到這點是不合適的。」
這個為前皇室家族桑格里（管轄首都孟買所在的馬哈拉什特拉邦西部地區）所有的信託機構，在成功取得以神祇為名的所得稅卡和存款帳戶後，提出了上述申請。
但「印度證券集保公司」拒絕了該機構開設交易帳戶的許可申請，表示萬一發生違規情事，會無法對神祇採取法律行動。
法官說：「神祇該供在廟裡受人膜拜，而不是拿來從事股票交易這類商業活動。」
象神格尼夏是印度教眾神中最受歡迎、最為人所知的神祇，在孟買和馬哈拉什特拉邦地區擁有大批信眾。（法新社╱翻譯：林倩如）
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