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The Kerala High Court declaring the Munambam onshore not a Waqf spot has led to an unprecedented ineligible quandary successful the State, arsenic the determination has travel astatine a clip erstwhile the Waqf tribunal, the due ineligible forum to determine the quality of the holding, was actively considering the case.
The judgement came connected Friday, 1 time aft the tribunal posted 4 petitions of Munambam residents for condoning the hold successful challenging the Kerala Waqf Board’s (KWB) registration of Munambam holdings arsenic a Waqf for orders. The Waqf tribunal volition pronounce its determination connected condonation petitions connected October 24.
Notwithstanding the High Court decision, the tribunal volition person to spell up with its proceedings successful the case, arsenic it is the lone jurisdictional forum to determine connected the registration of the Waqf and related matters.
The Bench, which held that the KWB had not complied with the ineligible formalities successful declaring the holding arsenic a Waqf, did not onslaught down the registration arsenic lone the tribunal tin determine connected the issue. At the aforesaid time, the findings of the High Court whitethorn permission a definite content connected the decisions of the tribunal, accidental judicial sources.
The findings of the Bench person travel connected an entreaty filed by the State authorities challenging the determination of the azygous judge, which struck down the assignment of the C.N. Ramachandran Nair committee connected the Munambam contented and not connected immoderate reappraisal petitions against the orders of the tribunal. The High Court determination connected a substance pending earlier the tribunal has pushed the bureau into a precarious ineligible position, sources say.
Meanwhile, leaders of the enactment assembly and assorted religion groups person demanded restoration of the gross rights of the Munambam residents successful the aftermath of the tribunal order.
On its part, the authorities is treading a cautious way connected the contented arsenic the section assemblage and Assembly polls are circular the corner, and the Munambam controversy has attained communal overtones.
The Chief Minister volition clasp a gathering successful Thiruvananthapuram connected October 13 to determine connected the recommendations of the committee pursuing the tribunal verdict. The enactment assembly leaders met Law Minister P. Rajeeve to explicit gratitude for the steps taken by the authorities to code the issue, said a connection from the Minister’s office.
At the aforesaid time, it appears that the ineligible conflict implicit the Munambam onshore is acold from implicit arsenic the KWB and the Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedi, which is campaigning for the restoration of what it presumption arsenic alienated Waqf holdings, person decided to situation the High Court bid successful the Supreme Court. A gathering of the KWB connected October 14 volition sermon the issue, sources indicated.
