Supreme Court of India

Avtar Singh Hit v. Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee and Ors

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 316
Bench K.G. Balakrishnan, G.P. Mathur and R.V. Ra Veendran JJ.
Decided 18 October 2006

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons discussed above, we find no merit in these appeals, which are hereby dismissed with costs.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Election Laws: Delhi Sikh Gurudwaras Act, I971-Sections 3I and 33-Dispute regarding confusion in date fvced for holding election of the office bearers of Executive Board of the Committee-Consequently some members could not participate in the election-Validity of election challenged, by way of writ petition-Correctness of-Held: Dispute being purely factual in nature, can be resolved by examination of oral evidence-Proper remedy would be election petition under section 31-No exceptional or extraordinary circumstances disclosed to justifY recourse under Article 226-Also writ petition filed

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