Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 411 · Decided 31 August 2001
Tamil Nadu Wakf Board v. Hathija Ammal (Dead) BY LRS. ETC. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 411 · [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 428
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9768/1995
- Decided
- 31 August 2001
- Bench
- S. RAJENDRA BABU, S.N. VARIAVA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Wakf Act, 1954 : S. 5(2) and 27-Pub/ic Wakf-Property not included in Notification C published under s.5(2)-Nor Wakf Board followed procedure laid down in s.27-Wakf Board filing suit for recovery of possession-Held, Wakf Board had no right to file such a suit-If Wakf Board has reason to believe and decide whether the property is a Wakf property or not and such decision of D Wakf Board shall be final unless reviewed or modified by civil court-It is only thereafter that suit for possession could have been filed by Wakf Board. The appellant-Wakf Board filed suits for recovery of
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