Supreme Court of India
Sardar Sarup Singh & Others v. The State of Punjab & Others
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We hold that the petitioners have failed to make out a case of violation of their fundamental right.
Judgment, page 18
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Fundamental rights, violation of-Sikh Gurdwaras-Election of Gurdwara Board-Statutory provision therefor, when affects reli gion-Direct election by entire Sikh Community, if essential " Matters of religion," Meaning of-Sikh Gurdwaras Act, r925 (Punjab 8 of r925), as amended by Punjab Act I of r959, ss. 43, 43A, r48B-Constitution of India, Art. 26(b}, (d). In 1925 the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, was passed, inter alia, for the better administration of certain Sikh Gurdwaras, and after the merger of the erstwhile State of Patiala and the East Punjab States Union, called Pepsu, with the State of
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