Kochi: In a key development, the Kerala High Court on Friday observed that the Kerala Waqf Board’s (KWB) 2019 decision to declare disputed property in Munambam as a waqf was bad in law.
A Division Bench of the court made the observation while setting aside a single judge’s order that had earlier quashed the State government’s formation of an inquiry commission to examine the rights of around 600 families facing eviction after a property at Munambam was declared to be a waqf property, Bar and Bench online law news portal said.
The Division Bench held that the KWB orders were issued with unreasonable delay, in violation of statutory provisions and are, consequently, non-enforceable in law.
However, the Court did not go to the extent of quashing the KWB orders as it was only concerned with the State’s appeal against the quashing of its decision to set up an Inquiry Commission.
Blow to Kerala Waqf Board
