Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925

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The case concerned a piece of land and a building that had been gifted in 1920 as a charitable endowment for a Sikh gurdwara and recorded in the revenue records in the name of "Guru Granth Sahib" in 1928. The respondents, who were the descendants of the original trustees, later claimed that the mutation was void becaus…

A group of villagers applied to the Punjab Government to have a local religious institution declared a Sikh Gurdwara under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925. The application was referred to the Sikh Gurdwara Tribunal, which held that the institution was a Sikh Gurdwara and that the respondent was the hereditary Mahant. The …

The SGPC applied under Section 7 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 to have the institution known as Gurdwara Sahib Gurdwara Bhagat Bhagwan declared a Sikh gurdwara. The Sikh Gurdwaras Tribunal initially held it to be a Sikh gurdwara, but the Punjab & Haryana High Court reversed that decision, finding the institution to b…

A charitable institution in Kanganpur, claimed to be a Sikh Gurdwara, was the subject of a petition under Section 7 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925. Uttam Das, asserting himself as the hereditary office‑holder of the institution, filed a petition under Section 8 claiming the place was an Udasi dera and not a Sikh Gurdw…

The case concerned a dispute over whether the institution known as Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib at Jhandawala, Bhatinda, could be declared a Sikh Gurdwara under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925. Petitioners, represented by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, claimed the place satisfied the statutory criteria, while …

The case concerned the tenure of members of the Sikh Judicial Commission under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, and the validity of several notifications issued by the Punjab Government and the Central Government. The appellant, Kashmir Singh, challenged the removal of commission members and the re‑constitution notificati…

Fifty‑three Sikh worshippers petitioned under Section 7(1) of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 to have Gurdwara Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Jalal, Bhatinda declared a Sikh Gurdwara. The appellant, Mahant Jawala Singh, filed a petition under Section 8 claiming the institution was a Nirmala Dera, not established for Sikh public…

The case concerned a dispute over whether a property in Kot Fatta, Bhatinda, was a Sikh Gurdwara and whether it belonged to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) or to Mahant Sarna Ram, an Udasi. The Tribunal had treated petitions under Sections 8 and 10 of the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 as a composite filin…

The plaintiff, a Sikh Gurdwara, sued the heirs of a former mortgagee for possession of a notified agricultural land that had been gifted to the Gurdwara but remained in the possession of the mortgagee. An earlier suit against the local Gurdwara committee, filed within the 90‑day period prescribed by Section 28 of the S…