Maulavi Hussein Haji Abraham Umari vs State Of Gujarat And Anr on 29 July, 2004
• Firstly, an examination of Section 57 of the 1999 Act in conjunction
with Rule 4 of the 2017 Rules reveals that the Registrar and the High
Court have concurrent jurisdiction over cancellation petitions.
Consequently, the definition of 'Appropriate office' should not be
interpreted differently for the Registrar and the High Court. The link
between the 'Appropriate office' and either the Registrar or the High
Court must be consistent, as outlined in Rule 4 of the 2017 Rules, for
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any cancellation petition. These provisions should be read holistically,
and casus omissus should not be readily inferred, as established by the
Supreme Court in Maulavi Hussein Haji Abraham Umari v. State Of
Gujarat13.