Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 1087 · Decided 26 September 2019
MD. Abrar v. Meghalaya Board of Wakf & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 1087 · [2019] 12 S.C.R. 721
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4025/2010
- Decided
- 26 September 2019
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, AJAY RASTOGI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Waqf: Joint Mutwalliship - Succession - Held: Ordinarily upon death of one of the joint mutwallis, the surviving mutwalli/muttwallis are entitled to continue - Any successor nominated by the deceased mutwalli can assume office only after the death of original mutwalli/mutwallis, or implied direction in the waqfnama to the contrary - Terms of the waqf deed in the present case show that the waqif intended that after the death of any of the original joint mutwallis, the survivor mutwalli was required to nominate a person from the waqif 's family line to
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