Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 166 · Decided 29 March 2000
Shiromani Gurudwaraprabandhak Committee, Amritsar v. Shri Som Nath Dass and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 166 · [2000] 2 S.C.R. 705
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3968/1987
- Decided
- 29 March 2000
- Bench
- M. JAGANNADHA RAO, AJAY PRAKASH MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925-Sections 7( 1 ), 8 & 10-Endowed Prop­ erty-Claiming it to be declared as Gurdwara-Mutation in revenue records B in the name of Guru Granth Sahib in 1928 in presence of ancestors of respondents-The property was given in trust to the ancestors of respondents C who for the first time before High Court-Plea that entry in the revenue records were void since 'Guru Granth Sahib' was not a juristic person-Held, claim of respondents not maintainable, since Guru Granth Sahib is a juristic person and on endowment never reverts even to the donor. Juristic
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