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Significant Move : Supreme Court Restores Kerala Waqf Board’s Autonomy
Restoring the autonomy, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi modified the high court order and disposed of the appeals filed against the high court order.
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In a significant move, the Supreme Court on July 21, has , directed deletion of a part of an interim order of the Kerala high court which had asked the state Waqf Board to function under the supervision of a joint secretary.
Restoring the autonomy, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi modified the high court order and disposed of the appeals filed against the high court order.
“Consequently, the direction that the board shall function under supervision of a joint secretary of the government is hereby deleted.
“The joint secretary being a member of the board should continue to function in that capacity. Matter coming up before the high court tomorrow. We ask the high court to expeditiously decide the case after giving a fair opportunity to the parties to file claims/counter-claims,” the bench said in the order.
In its interim order on July 15, the Kerala high court restrained the state Waqf Board from taking any major decision without its permission.It had also directed that the board shall not incur any capital expenditure or make any policy decision without the express leave of the court, a senior advocate associated with the case said.