Tuesday, July 19 2005 18:10 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Amritsar: Bibi Jagir Kaur was today (July 19, 2005) expelled from the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) by the Sikh Gurudwara Judicial Commission (SGJC) in connection with alleged irregularities in admission to the MBBS course in an SGPC-run medical college.

The Commission also debarred her from holding any post in the SGPC, including becoming its member, for five years, SGJC Chairman Kashmir Singh Patti announced in Amritsar.

The SGJC also imposed a fine of Rs 2.50 Crore on Kaur to compensate the loss arising out of the irregular admissions through the NRI quota in the MBBS course.

She has been given 90 days to file an appeal against the Commission order in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The order was passed on a petition filed by one Narinder Pal Singh, a resident of Ludhiana.