Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak ... vs Mahant Harnam Singh C. (Dead), M.N. ...

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court regarding the status of the Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925. The Court ruled that the Tribunal's jurisdiction to decide claims under Section 7(1) was not barred by res judicata, as established in Mahant Harnam Singh v. Gurdial Singh (AIR 1967 SC 1415). The Court affirmed that the institution in question was indeed a Sikh Gurdwara, thus supporting the claims of the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee.