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…