Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 143 · Decided 15 July 1969
Ayesha Bibi v. Commissioner of Wakfs, West Bengal & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 143 · [1970] 1 S.C.R. 585
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 579/1966
- Decided
- 15 July 1969
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, G.K. MITTER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
G H AYESHA BIBI v. COMMISSIONER OF WAKFS, WESTBENGAL & ORS. . ....,._. July 15, 1969 [M. HlDAYATULLAH, C.J. AND G. K. MITTER, J.] Bengal Wc:kfs Act, 1934, s. 70(1)-Court passed decree on conzpro1nise in pt.?sen<;e of Co1n1111'ssioner-Co1nn1i,~sioner cfiallenges decree for want of notice. The appellant filed a suit claiming share in the property after the death of her husband, and for a declaration that the wakf \Vas invalid and void and its enrolment in the wakf office was \vrongly done. This claim was made against respondents 2 to 4 who ~·ere the rvfutawalis, and the
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