Amritsar, Feb. 26 -- The ongoing controversy over questioning of authority of the Akal Takht jathedar by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has intensified following the resurfacing of a 1999 resolution. The resolution, passed by the SGPC's Dharam Parchar Committee (DPC) on February 20, 1999, asserts that the Akal Takht and other Sikh temporal seats function independently of the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, and that only the Sarbat Khalsa (grand Sikh assembly) holds the right to suspend a jathedar....