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Supreme Court judgments on Wakf Act, 1995

5 judgments, latest first, from 2019 to 2025. Listed when the Supreme Court Reports file the judgment's headnote under this Act, as printed at the start of the headnote. Judgments that only mention it in passing are not listed.

Md. Firoz Ahmad Khalid vs The State of Manipur & Ors.
SC · 22 April 2025
[2025] 4 S.C.R. 1444 : 2025 INSC 535
Whether a Muslim Member of the Bar Council of the State or the Union territory (Bar Council), duly elected as a Member of the Waqf Board (Board) constituted u/s.14 of the Wakf Act, 1995, can continue to hold the said pos…
P. V. Nidhish & Ors. vs Kerala State Wakf Board & Anr.
SC · 28 April 2023
[2023] 4 S.C.R. 547 : 2023 INSC 452
Wakf Act, 1995 – s.52A added by 2013 amendment – Penal provision – Operation of, if retrospective – Held: No – Giving effect to a penal statute so as to cover past acts is a proscribed action in law – Therefore, s.52A ca…
Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs vs Shaikh Yusuf Bhai Chawla & Ors.
SC · 20 October 2022
[2022] 12 S.C.R. 482 : 2022 INSC 1127
Wakfs – Wakf Act, 1995 – Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 – Public Trust vis-à-vis Wakf – Distinction between a public Trust and a Wakf – Discussed – Held: What was once a Wakf before the 1950 Act, if it is registered under…
Telangana State Wakf Board & Anr. vs Mohamed Muzafar
SC · 3 August 2021
[2021] 8 S.C.R. 63 : 2021 INSC 375
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 Wak…
Punjab Wakf Board vs Sham Singh Harike
SC · 7 February 2019
[2019] 2 S.C.R. 61 : 2019 INSC 157
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…

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