SAWHNEY TRUST v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 18-TX-383.

236 A.3d 401 (2020)

JASWANT SAWHNEY IRREVOCABLE TRUST, INC., Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sat Nam S. Khalsa , with whom Roland F. Sennholz was on the brief, for appellant.

Mary L. Wilson , Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General, and Caroline S. Van Zile , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before McLeese and Deahl, Associate Judges, and Ruiz, Senior Judge.


Appellant Jaswant Sawhney Irrevocable Trust, Inc. applied for a real property tax exemption under D.C. Code § 47-1002(13) (2015 Repl.). The real property in question is the only Sikh temple—also known as a gurdwara—in Washington, D.C. The tax exemption application was denied by the District of Columbia...

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