Mahant Jawala Singh(Dead) By Lrs vs The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandak ...

The Supreme Court upheld the Punjab and Haryana High Court's dismissal of Mahant Jawala Singh's appeal against the Sikh Gurdwara Tribunal's declaration of Gurdwara Sri Guru Granth Sahib as a Sikh Gurdwara under the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925. The Court found that the appellant failed to establish that the institution did not meet the criteria set forth in Section 16 of the Act, which defines a Sikh Gurdwara. The Court affirmed the Tribunal's findings regarding the nature of the institution and the legitimacy of the petitioners' claims under Section 7 of the Act.