The three-member WAQF Tribunal has decided to conduct a brand new inspection to determine whether Munambam’s disputed land is a WAQF property or gift deed as the Kerala State WAQF Board brought a conflicting debate and opposition to the claim.
The court noted that the Kerala High Court and the Deputy Court of Paravir only studied the details of the existing ownership of the property and that more reviews were required to verify claims related to their past ownership.
The court also rejected the Kerala WAQF Board’s plea to demand that all original documents related to the ownership of the land and the dispute be transferred from the Palaville Court to Kozkikod. It said the board will be able to obtain a certified copy of the court in any future lawsuit.
At the same time, the Board has decided to seek help from the High Court against the court’s order regarding the transfer of documents. It also received legal advice in the same way, citing the transfer of the original document would help it easily prove these arguments.
On September 25, 2019, the WAQF Board of Directors registered Munambam Land as “Muhammad Siddique Sait Waqf” and found that the property was estranged without its permission. But Farac’s management and board actions approached the court, claiming it was not a WAQF property, but a gift deed created by Siddique Sait.
The hearing in the case was resumed on April 8 by the WAQF Tribunal of three Kozhikode. It allows the Mumambam natives to place it in the case. The grandson of Siddique Sait’s daughter, Subbaida, who once owned 404 acres in Munambam, shunned from previous arguments that the disputed land in Munambam was a WAQF property and believed that the land they received was a gift.
publishing – April 10, 2025, 11:29 pm IST
