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Graveyard

Kabaristan has been held to be a public graveyard then it vests in the public and constitutes a wakf and it cannot be divested by non-user but will always continue to be so whether it is used

Evacuee property

Evacuee property, the words used in this definition are of sufficient amplitude and it comprised also 'wakf; property and interest therein, State of Bihar v. Kumar Amar Singh, AIR 1955 SC 282 (287): (1955) 1 SCR...

Beverages

Beverages, beverages, broadly, speaking, are liquids for drinking, other than water, which may be consumed neat or after dilution, Hamdard (Wakf) Laboratories v. CCE, (1999) 6 SCC 617 (619). (Control Excise Tariff Act, 1985)

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Benefit

Benefit, does not include any benefit which a mutawalli is entitled to claim solely by reason of his being such mutawalli. [Wakf Act, 1995 (43 of 1995), s. 3 (b)] The word 'benefit' in the context...

Dedicated

apart for a definite purpose, such property would become 'dedicated' for a purpose, U.P. Sunni Central Board of Wakfs v. Mazhar Hasan, (2001) 6 SCC 289.

Interpretation of Statute

to reconcile the relevant provisions so as to advance the remedy intended by the Statute, Board of Muslim Wakfs v. Radha Kishan, AIR 1979 SC 289: (1979) 2 SCR 148. Interpretation of Statutes, as a general principle

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