Punjab: High Court allows parties to take oath in Gurdwara to settle dispute
High Court has no problem if parties want to take oath in gurdwara In an order to resolve a personal dispute through ‘intervention of God’, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed two parties to visit a gurdwara to swear oath before Guru Granth Sahib so a dispute can be settled. While allowing the appellant and the respondent to visit Panchkula's Gurdwara Nada Sahib on Monday at 8 pm to resolve dispute, Justice Ajay Tewari of the HC has also appointed a woman lawyer as local commissioner. “She has been requested to be present at the gurdwara on the fixed date and time, videograph the proceedings and give a report whether the parties have taken the oath before the Guru Sahib or not,” stated Justice Tewari. Kashmir Singh, Amritsar claimed that he had paid Rs 4,30,000 to Narinder Pal Singh of the total consideration of Rs 4,60,000. However, Narinder has been claiming that the agreement to sell was a forged document and no consideration had ever been given in this respect. HC was informed that the dispute has been settled and both the parties has been agreed that if the respondents take an oath before the Guru Sahib that they have not received any money, the appellant shall withdraw his appeal. If on the other hand respondents do not take oath before the Guru Sahib that they had not received money the appeal shall be allowed, HC was informed. On this HC allowed them to visit the gurdwara to settle the case appointing a woman lawyer Amanpreet Kaur as local commissioner to prepare a report of the entire process by videography of the entire proceedings and submit a report to the HC on May 9.
