High Court Quashes Centre Notification On Sehajdhari Sikhs

In a major setback to the newly elected general house of SGPC, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today quashed the Centre’s notification debarring Sehajdharis (non baptised Sikhs) from voting in the Sikh body’s polls.

Accepting the plea moved by Sehajdhari Sikh Federation (SSF), challenging the Centre’s October 8, 2003 notification depriving Sehajdharis of their voting rights in SGPC polls, the court held that the notification is “bad” under the law as it did not fall under the purview of Section 72 of Punjab Re-organisation Act.

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