Rajashekhar S/O. Panchappa Havanagi, v. the Karnataka Board of Wakfs
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court quashed the Wakf Board's declaration and Gazette notification regarding a property classified as 'Jat Inam'. The Court held that upon abolition of Inams, such land vested with the State Government under the Karnataka Certain Inam Abolition Act, 1977, in the absence of a regrant order, rendering the Wakf Board's actions invalid.
What did the court decide?
Quashed the impugned order dated 04.02.1989 and the Gazette notification dated 16.06.2011 declaring the property as Wakf.