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JAI LAL
Local Committee of Gurdwaras – Appellant
Versus
Sardul Singh – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Jai Lal, J. - On a petition being made by the prescribed number of persons under Section 7, Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, claiming that an institution known as 'Gurdwara Chobacha Guru Ram Rai' situated within the limits of Moghalpura, Lahore, be declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara, the Local Government issued the usual notification under that section, whereupon the respondent Bachan Das claiming to be the Mahant of the alleged Gurdwara made an application under Section 8 of the Act praying that the institution be not declared to be a Sikh Gurdwara. This petition was opposed by the appellants, who are some of the applicants under Section 7 of the Act, and who style themselves as the Local Committee of the Gurdwaras at Lahore. The remaining respondents before us are some of the worshippers of the shrine. It may be noted at this stage that from the commencement of the proceedings the Shromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee declined to be a party to the proceedings before the Sikh Gurdwaras Tribunal. The case was consequently heard by the Gurdwaras Tribunal and the learned President and one of the Members, Rai Bahadur Dwarka Parshad, were of opinion that the institution was not a Sikh Gu
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