Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 266 · Decided 30 April 2003
Karnataka Wakf Board v. State of Karnataka and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 266 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 1019
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 16897/1996
- Decided
- 30 April 2003
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, G.P. MATHUR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
A B Wakf Act, 1954-Section 6 and Explanation to Section 6(/)-Dispute regarding Wakf property-Suit by third party claiming independent title over C property after period of limitation-Maintainability of-Plea by Wakf Board that suit not maintainable bf'ing time barred-Subsequent addition of Wakf-Held, as explanation to section 6(1) operates against third party only after its insertion, inhibition under proviso to Section 6 regarding the period of limitation not applicable to them when they filed suits since they cannot be D construed as person inlerested in the Wakf-Hence suits
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