Waqf Board Issuing Marriage Certificates Unheard Of In Law: Karnataka HC Orally Says In Plea Challenging Govt Order Authorising Board
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Waqf Board Issuing Marriage Certificates Unheard Of In Law: Karnataka HC Orally Says In Plea Challenging Govt Order Authorising Board

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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday orally said that the Government Order which authorised the Waqf Board to issue marriage certificates to married Muslim applicants was unheard of in law. The court orally said this while hearing a petition filed by one A Alam Pasha. The plea has sought to declare the government order dated September 30, 2023 issued under the hands of the Under Secretary to government, Minority, Wakf and Haj Department as being inconsistent with and repugnant to the provisions contained in the Wakf Act, 1995, and therefore declare it as ultra vires to the Act. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind directed the state government to file its objections to the petition and orally said, “This September 30, order which authorises the Wakf board to issue marriage certificate is unheard of in law.

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Karnataka High Court Stays Till January 7 GO Authorizing State Waqf Board, Officers To Issue Marriage Certificates To Muslim Couples
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Karnataka High Court Stays Till January 7 GO Authorizing State Waqf Board, Officers To Issue Marriage Certificates To Muslim Couples

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The Karnataka High Court on Thursday, in an interim order, kept in abeyance till January 7 a government order authorising the State Waqf Board and its officers to issue marriage certificates to married Muslim applicants. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind while dictating its order said, “In view of the strong prima …

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Waqf Board Can't Recall Administrator's Order Declaring Property As 'Private' Through Committee, Must Approach Court/ Tribunal: Karnataka HC
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Waqf Board Can't Recall Administrator's Order Declaring Property As 'Private' Through Committee, Must Approach Court/ Tribunal: Karnataka HC

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The Karnataka High Court recently has set aside an order passed by the Karnataka State Waqf Board, constituting a Law Committee to review and recall an order passed in the year 1976, by then Administrator of the Board which held that a portion of a property situated in Kumbarpete area of Bengaluru was private property and not Waqf Property. The …

Revision Petition Challenging Order Of Waqf Board Is To Be Made In 90 Days As Per High Court Rules: Karnataka HC
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Revision Petition Challenging Order Of Waqf Board Is To Be Made In 90 Days As Per High Court Rules: Karnataka HC

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The Karnataka High Court has held that though there is no specific period fixed for preferring the Revision petition under the Waqf Act, 1995 however, as per provisions of the High Court of Karnataka Rules, 1959, petitions to revise the order or proceedings of any court shall be presented to the High Court within a period of ninety days from …

Sunni Muslim group in Rajasthan files petition against Waqf
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Sunni Muslim group in Rajasthan files petition against Waqf

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