Gujarat High Court Limits Waqf Tribunal to Adjudication, Not Supervision of Board

The Gujarat High Court held that the State Waqf Tribunal exercises adjudicatory functions and cannot assume general supervisory control over the Waqf Board’s management of a trust.

Background and legal issue

The ruling arose from a challenge brought by the mutawalli of the Junagadh Suryawad Memon Jamat trust against an order of the State Waqf Tribunal.

Court’s reasoning and procedural position

The Court distinguished the tribunal’s authority to decide legally assigned disputes from administrative powers vested elsewhere. The accessible publisher text does not disclose every operative direction.

Legal consequence and next step

The decision clarifies institutional boundaries under waqf law; the full order should be consulted before relying on its application to another management dispute.