Supreme Court of India
Telangana State Wakf Board & Anr. v. Mohamed Muzafar
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the judgment dated 12.10.2012 passed by the Wakf tribunal in O.S. No. 126/2006 was rendered in a suit which was maintainable before the Wakf tribunal and it had the jurisdiction to do so.
Judgment, page 15
From the headnote
Wakf Act, 1995: ss. 6, 7, 83 and 85 – Disputes regarding wakfs properties – Power of tribunal to determine – On facts, suit by Wakf Board before the Wakf tribunal seeking eviction of tenant from property belonging to Wakf Institution – Case of the tenant that suit property not a wakf property and extent of land also disputed – Tribunal held the suit properties to be the property belonging to the Wakf institution and directed the tenant to vacate the suit porperties – High Court set aside the order holding that the suit was not maintainable before the Wakf tribunal – On appeal, held: Judgment…
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Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Habib Alladin v. Mohammed Ahmed
- 2023 Mumtaz Yarud Dowla Wakf v. M/s Badam Balakrishna Hotel Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.
- 2022 State of Andhra Pradesh (now State of Telangana) v. A. P. State Wakf Board & Ors.
- 2021 Rashid Wali Beg v. Farid Pindari & Ors.
Of those, 4 mentioned
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