Waqf Board Cannot Overturn Administrator’s Decision Declaring Property as ‘Private’ Through Committee; Must Seek Relief in Court or Tribunal: Karnataka High Court

In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has set aside an order passed by the Karnataka State Waqf Board (KSWB) that had constituted a Law Committee to review and potentially reverse a 1976 decision concerning the status of a property in Kumbarpete, Bengaluru. The property had been declared as private property by the then Administrator of the Waqf Board, but in 2020, the Waqf Board sought to revisit this…