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S. 85 of Waqf Act | Waqf Tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction over disputes once a property qualifies as ‘Waqf by user’: Rajasthan High Court

“It is not disputed that Masjid is a place used for religious purpose for praying Namaz etc., therefore, it comes within the definition of ‘Waqf’.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Waqf Tribunal has no jurisdiction to decide pre-Waqf Act suits pending before civil courts: MP High Court

Section 7(5) of the Waqf Act, 1995 states that the Wakf Tribunal does not have jurisdiction over matters that were already the subject of a suit or proceeding in a civil court before the commencement of the Act.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Jurisdiction under Waqf Act, 1995: Civil Court versus Tribunal

“To say that the Tribunal will have jurisdiction only if the subject property is disputed to be a waqf property and not if it is admitted to be a waqf property, is indigestible in the teeth of Section 83(1) of the Waqf Act.”