S. G. MEHARE
Sayyed Moinuddin S/o Sayyed Saifoddin – Appellant
Versus
Pratapsingh S/o Nursing Kakarwal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard the respective learned counsels for the parties.
2. The original defendants No.1 and 2 have impugned the judgment and order of the Maharashtra State Wakf Tribunal, Aurangabad, passed in Wakf Suit Nos.4 of 2014 and 6 of 2014.
3. The "applicants" would be referred to as "defendant Nos.1 and 2" and respondent No.1 would be referred to as "plaintiff".
4. The plaintiff had filed a suit before the Maharashtra State Wakf Tribunal, Aurangabad, for a declaration that the orders of the Chief Executive Officer ("C.E.O." for short) of the Maharashtra State Wakf Board, Aurangabad ("the Board" for short), in file No.54/154/2012, dated 23.01.2013 arising out of file No. A.B.D./259/2012, including the Survey Gut No.66 of village Harsool, District Aurangabad, in the Book/register of Waqf, maintained by the Board and its registration No. MSBW/ABD/319/2012 dated 03.05.2012 passed by the C.E.O. pursuant to the so-called entry in the concerned Gazette is time-barred, hollow, inactive, in-executable, null and void and not binding on the rights of the plaintiff. The order dated 28.01.2013 arising out of the order dated 23.01.2013 in file No.54/154/2012 by C.E.O. arising out of the order d
The property was determined to be Wakf, with sales executed without the Wakf Board's sanction declared void, affirming the Muthavalli's right to maintain the suit.
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The rejection of a plaint for lack of cause of action must be substantively justified; merely asserting lack of merit without proper consideration of presented evidence is insufficient.
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