Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 233 · Decided 31 March 2014
Faseela M. v. Munnerul Islam Madrasa Committee & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 233 · [2014] 4 S.C.R. 613
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4250/2014
- Decided
- 31 March 2014
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, KURIAN JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
WAKF ACT, 1995: A B ss. 6 (1) and 7 (1) -- Jurisdiction of Wakf Tribunal - Suit c for eviction of tenant from Wakf property - Held: Is exclusively triable by the civil court, as such a suit is not covered by the disputes specified in ss. 6 and 7 of the Act - Jurisdiction. Respondent no.1 Committee for eviction of the appellant, stating that D respondent no. 1 was the landlord and the appellant was the tenant of the suit property which was described as waqf property. The appellant denied the suit property to be the waqf property and challenged the jurisdiction of the Waqf Tribunal in
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