Supreme Court of India · 2023-04-28
P.V. NIDHISH vs KERALA STATE WAKF BOARD
- Citation / case number
- SC 2016/21167
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- P.V. NIDHISH
- Respondent
- KERALA STATE WAKF BOARD
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal challenging the Kerala High Court's rejection of a petition to quash a criminal complaint. The appellants argued that the premises in question were leased long before the Wakf Act came into force, and there was a dispute regarding the nature of the property as a wakf or a private trust. The court found that the legal complexities surrounding the property ownership and the existence of a trust did not warrant quashing the complaint, thereby upholding the lower court's decision.