Supreme Court of India
Punjab Wakf Board v. Sham Singh Harike
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What the Court ordered
In view of the foregoing discussions, we allow Civil Appeal No.92 of 2019 (Punjab Wakf Board vs.
Judgment, page 36
From the headnote
Wakf Act, 1995 : s.83 – Jurisdiction of Wakf Tribunal to entertain suit – Held: The constitution of Wakf Tribunal is for the determination of any dispute, question or other matter relating to wakf or wakf property under the Act, 1995 – s.83 relates to bar of jurisdiction of Civil Court, the relevant words are “any dispute, question or other matter relating to a wakf or wakf property” which is required by or under this Act to be determined by the Tribunal – Thus, bar of jurisdiction of Civil Court is confined only to those matters which are required to be determined by the Tribunal under this…
Authorities it was built on
- 2010 Ramesh Gobindram (dead) through Lrs. v. Sugra Humayun Mirza Wakf
- 1994 Pritpal Singh Etc. Etc. v. State of Haryana and Ors.
- 2010 Board of Wakf, West Bengal v. Anis Fatma Begum and Anr.
- 2014 Faseela M. v. Munnerul Islam Madrasa Committee & Anr.
- 2007 Sardar Khan and Ors. v. Syed Najmul Hasan (seth) and Ors.
- 2013 Akkode Jumayath Palu Paripalana Committee v. P.V. Ibrahim Haji and Others
- 2013 Haryana Wakf Board v. Mahesh Kumar
- 2013 Bhanwar Lal & Anr. v. Rajasthan Board of Muslim Wakf & Ors.
- 1978 Board of Muslim Wakfs, Rajasthan v. Radha Krishna & Ors.
- 1999 Punjab Wakf Board v. Gram Panchayat @ Gram Sabha
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Rashid Wali Beg v. Farid Pindari & Ors.
- 2021 Telangana State Wakf Board & Anr. v. Mohamed Muzafar
- 2021 Kiran Devi v. The Bihar State Sunni Wakf Board & Ors.
- 2026 Habib Alladin v. Mohammed Ahmed
- 2023 Mumtaz Yarud Dowla Wakf v. M/s Badam Balakrishna Hotel Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
Of those, 3 referred to · 2 mentioned
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