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Gurdwara property

Gurdwara property, means,-(i) all movable and immovable property, which, immediately before the appointed day, vested or was kept in deposit in the name of the Board; (ii) all property which stands in the name of the Gurdwaras or in the name of the Board or the present or old managers of the historic Gurdwaras; (iii) all offerings in cash or kind made in various Gurdwaras or institution, managed or controlled by the Committee; (iv) all property in cash or kind, movables as well as immovable that may be acquired by purchase, exchange or otherwise by the Gurdwaras, or the Committee, from time to time; (v) all grants, donations or contributions made, from time to time, by any person or authority to the Gurdwaras or the Committee, and includes any actionable claim with respect to such Gurdwara property. [Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 (82 of 1971), s. 2(g)]...

Gurdwaras

Gurdwaras, means the Sikh Gurdwaras situated in Delhi as were, immediately before the appointed day, being managed by or affiliated to the Board and includes such other local Gurdwaras as may, after the appointed day, be affiliated to or managed by the Committee. [Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971, (82 of 1971), s. 2(f)]...

Establish

Establish, The meaning of the word 'establish' as given in the New Collins Concise Dictionary, 1983 edn., is: 'I. to make secure or permanent in a certain place, condition, job etc. 2. to create or set up (an organisation etc.) as on a permanent basis.' According to Webster's Comprehensive Dictionary (International edn.), the word 'establish' means: '1. to settle or fix firmly; make stable or permanent. 2. to set up; found, as an institution or business. 3. to set up, install (oneself or someone else) in business, a position, etc.', Shiromani Gurdwara Prabhandhak Committee v. Mihan Singh, (1993) 3 SCC 650: 1993 (4) JT 202. [Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925 s. 16(2)(iii) and 7(i)]In Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition 'the word establish' has a number of meanings i.e., to ratify, confirm, settle, to found, to create. The word 'establish' includes creation also. In Webster's Third New International Dictionary, the word 'establish' has been given a number of meanings, namely, to foun...

Registered Singh Sabha

Registered Singh Sabha, means a Singh Sabha registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, (21 of 1860) which is managing or controlling a local Gurdwara in Delhi. [Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 (82 of 1971), s. 2(k)]...

Duly forwarded

Duly forwarded, the expression 'duly forwarded' in relation to an application under sub-s. (1) of, s. 3 shows that the State Government is expected to satisfy itself before the issue of a notification under sub-s. (2) of, s. 3, that the application in question is a proper application under sub-s. (1), and has been duly forwarded, Mahant Dharan Das v. State of Punjab, (1975) 1 SCC 343 (362). [Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act, 1925, s. 3]...

Patit

Patit, 'patit' means a Sikh who trims or shaves his beard or hair (keshas) or who after taking Amrit commits any one or more of the four Kurahitis. [Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 (82 of 1971), s. 2(j)]...

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