The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday orally opined that the Maharashtra State Board Of Wakfs's concern should be about protecting the Waqfs and not dealing with other public trusts. Appearing for the Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs, Former Attorney General for India and Senior Advocate KK Venugopal largely made the following submissions today: That the High Court, in the …
The Supreme Court on Monday orally expressed reservations regarding the arguments made by a petitioner against the Wakf Act. A bench comprising Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy was considering a petition filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking to transfer to Supreme Court the petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of the Wakf Act from the Delhi High Court.When the. …
Claims over Chamarajpet’s Idgah Maidan by Karnataka State Board of Auqaf will be decided by the city’s civic body by Saturday, Chief Civic Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath said on Wednesday. After a dispute over the ownership of the Idgah Maidan arose in June — while Wakf Board claims ownership, BBMP records show it has the khata of the property — …
Wakf Act, 1995- Section 32 and 40 - The Wakf Board has power to determine the nature of the property as wakf under Section 32 but after complying with the procedure prescribed as contained in Section 40. Wakf Act, 1995- The Wakf Board is a statutory authority under the 1954 Act as well as under the 1995 Act. The publication …
The Supreme Court has held that the supersession of Tamil Nadu Wakf Board was illegal.The bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, R. Subhash Reddy and MR Shah upheld the Madras High Court which had held thus while dismissing the appeals filed by the State.The Government had passed the supersession order on the ground that there are only 10 members in the …