Supreme Court of India
Karnataka Board of Wakf v. Anjuman-e-ismail Madris-un-niswan
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For the reasons stated above, this appeal succeeds and the judgment and decree of the High Court under appeal is set aside, and the judgment and decree of the trial court in OS No.5/75 as affirmed by the first appellate court is restored.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
is: whether the suit property is a wakf property or not. The definition of a wakf property reads thus : ""Wakf" means a permanent dedication by a person professing Islam of any movable or immovable property for any purpose recognised by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable and includes, (i) Wakf by user, (ii) Mashrut ul khildmat and (iii) a wakf alal glad to the extent to which the property is dedicated for any purpose recognised by Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable." Therefore, the necessary ingredients for the purpose of deciding an issue whether a property is a wakf…
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