Waqf Board Empowered to Take Over Mosque Management Despite Existing Judicial Scheme: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court, in a landmark ruling, has held that under Section 65(5), Waqf Act, 1995, the Waqf Board has the authority to take over the management of a mosque in cases of serious mismanagement, even when a court-formulated scheme exists for that mosque’s governance. This judgment came in response to an appeal involving the Shahji Jamia Mosque, located in Adoni, where allegations of large-scale misappropriation of mosque…