Pookkadan Moideenkutty vs Kuttiyali on 14 July, 2009
" As far as the jurisdiction of the Tribunal is
concerned, the law is well settled by a Bench
decision of this Court in Pookoya Haji v.
Cheriyakoya (2003 (3) KLT 32) that "The
words any dispute, question or other matters
relating to Wakf or Wakf property under S.85
are wide enough to take in within its sweep
not only matters which are specifically
conferred on the Tribunal by the various
provisions of the Act but also any dispute,
question or any other matter relating to any
Wakf or Wakf property since those powers
have also been conferred on the Tribunal by
the Wakf Act itself. On examining the scheme
of the Act and various provisions we are of
the view that the intention of the Legislature
is to resolve all disputes by one machinery
and forum provided in the Act itself, that is,
the Wakf Tribunal and not by the Civil Courts
it the State."