{"id":20396,"date":"1998-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-11-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ram-kumar-gupta-vs-shia-central-board-of-waqfs-u-p-on-10-november-1998"},"modified":"2018-11-14T06:40:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T01:10:09","slug":"ram-kumar-gupta-vs-shia-central-board-of-waqfs-u-p-on-10-november-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ram-kumar-gupta-vs-shia-central-board-of-waqfs-u-p-on-10-november-1998","title":{"rendered":"Ram Kumar Gupta vs Shia Central Board Of Waqfs, U.P &#8230; on 10 November, 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Allahabad High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Ram Kumar Gupta vs Shia Central Board Of Waqfs, U.P &#8230; on 10 November, 1998<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 1999 (1) AWC 450<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: M K Saraf<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M Katju, S Saraf<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> M. Katju and S.L. Saraf, JJ. <\/p>\n<p> 1. Heard Sri Dhruva Narayana for petitioner and learned standing counsel and Shri Haider Husain for respondents. <\/p>\n<p> 2. In our opinion, the petitioner has an alternative remedy to approach the Tribunal constituted under Section 83 of the Wakf Act, 1995. <\/p>\n<p> 3. Learned counsel for petitioner states that the Tribunal<\/p>\n<p>had not yet been constituted although three years have expired since the passing of the Act. Hence we direct the State Government to constitute the Tribunal under Section 83 within three months from today positively. The petitioner may approach the Tribunal as soon as it is constituted and his application under Section 83(2) will be decided within three months thereafter in accordance with law after hearing the parties concerned. Till the disposal of the application, status quo regarding the property in dispute shall be maintained. <\/p>\n<p> 4. Petition is disposed of<br \/>\nfinally.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allahabad High Court Ram Kumar Gupta vs Shia Central Board Of Waqfs, U.P &#8230; on 10 November, 1998 Equivalent citations: 1999 (1) AWC 450 Author: M K Saraf Bench: M Katju, S Saraf JUDGMENT M. Katju and S.L. Saraf, JJ. 1. 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