Bombay High Court
LEGAL SUBJECT
Religious and Personal Law
Judgment analyses where this is the main or secondary subject.Latest analyses
30 ARTICLES
Allahabad High Court
Order I Rule 10 cannot enlarge Small Cause Court jurisdiction to adjudicate disputed representative authority.
Santosh Lal instituted J.S.C.C. Suit No. 3 of 2016 against Sumit Chaturvedi on the basis of an alleged landlord–tenant relationship.4 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Wakf Board cannot override final civil-court and Land Tribunal rulings merely through a Gazette listing, Karnataka High Court holds
The petitioners challenged the order dated 12 January 2016 by which the Wakf authorities appointed an Administrator for Dargah Hazarath Syed Noorulla Shah Khadri at Kamalapur, including land bearing Survey No.164 meas...4 MIN READ↗
Calcutta High Court
Article 227 jurisdiction cannot reappreciate evidence or disturb fact-based findings absent patent jurisdictional error.
The petitioner challenged the judgment dated 28 September 2022 by which the Wakf Tribunal, West Bengal dismissed Suit No. 16 of 2007.4 MIN READ↗
Delhi High Court
Repair and renovation of a Gurudwara require no statutory permission absent structural alterations.
The petitioner filed a contempt petition alleging wilful disobedience of the Delhi High Court’s order dated 21 August 2023 passed in CONT.CAS(C) 961/2022.2 MIN READ↗
Telangana High Court
Gazette notification cannot establish waqf status absent mandatory statutory survey and enquiry.
The petitioners claimed ownership and possession over various parcels of land situated at Toopran Village and Mandal, Medak District, relying on Occupancy Rights Certificates dated 05.06.1990, pattadar passbooks, titl...4 MIN READ↗
Madras High Court
A Temple Executive Officer Cannot Reject Appointment Applications; the Competent Authority Must Decide Them on Merits.
The petitioners claimed that their grandfathers, great-grandfather, fathers, or paternal uncle had served as Pujaris at Arulmigu Bhatrakaliamman Temple, Anthiyur, and that they themselves had performed Pujari duties f...3 MIN READ↗
Odisha High Court
Pleading amendment cannot be refused solely for anticipated delay when it facilitates effective adjudication.
The petitioners, represented by their hereditary trustee, instituted O.A. No. 8 of 1999 under Section 41 of the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowment Act, 1951, seeking a declaration that Sri Sri Radhakrushna and Sri Sri H...3 MIN READ↗
Himachal Pradesh High Court
Prolonged unjustified separation and refusal to communicate with children constitute mental cruelty warranting divorce.
The parties married on 21.06.2007 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies and had two children.3 MIN READ↗
Telangana High Court
An addendum to an invalid waqf notification cannot independently sustain the land’s waqf status.
The petitioners claimed ownership and possession of Acs.6.00 guntas in Sy.No.283 of Kongarakhurdu(A) Village, Maheshwaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, under registered sale deed No.13448/2006 dated 22 August 2006.3 MIN READ↗
Telangana High Court
An invalid waqf notification cannot sustain a consequential addendum concerning the claimed lands.
The petitioners claimed ownership and possession of lands situated in Survey Nos. 348, 349, 350 and 351 of Kongara Khurd-A Village, Maheshwaram Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, on the basis of Occupancy Rights Certificat...3 MIN READ↗
Meghalaya High Court
Meghalaya HC quashes orders stopping pastoral care, says district administration cannot decide a church’s ecclesiastical jurisdiction
Mawkhar Presbyterian Church, Shillong, a society registered under the Meghalaya Societies Registration Act, challenged various communications and orders issued by the Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills, concerning...4 MIN READ↗
Gujarat High Court
Waqf Board may determine a waqf’s religious character and amend its register after statutory inquiry.
The dispute concerned a religious shrine and adjoining burial ground situated on Survey No. 935, Village Anavada, Patan, registered as Waqf/Trust B-97/Mehsana.6 MIN READ↗
Madras High Court
No mandamus is warranted where district administration has made adequate arrangements for temple festivities.
The petitioner filed a public interest writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to frame a Standard Operating Procedure or comprehensive guidelines for t...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Cumulative matrimonial cruelty warrants divorce despite earlier reconciliation and resumed cohabitation.
The parties, who were college mates, married on 23 May 2011 at Mangaluru and had two daughters.5 MIN READ↗
Madras High Court
A writ challenge to a preliminary vacation notice is premature before Section 78 proceedings commence.
The appellants challenged a notice dated 07.05.2026 issued by the Executive Officer of Pillaiyan Arthasama Kattalai, informing them to vacate land in their occupation.2 MIN READ↗
Madhya Pradesh High Court
MP High Court upholds Ujjain mosque’s partial demolition for 15-metre road widening ahead of Simhastha 2028
The petitioners claimed an interest in and administered the Shahi Masjid at Municipal No. 524, Khasra No. 2072, Chatri Chowk, Ujjain, which was stated to be a registered Waqf property and an ancient religious structure.4 MIN READ↗
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Road widening: MP High Court upholds removal of obstructing portion of Ujjain Shahi Masjid
The petitioners claimed an interest in and administration of Shahi Masjid, Ujjain, a registered Waqf property situated at Municipal No. 524, Khasra No. 2072, Chatri Chowk.4 MIN READ↗
Gujarat High Court
Religious trusts registered under prior law are deemed waqfs under Section 43, without a Section 40 inquiry.
The appellant, Muslim Kuzafarosh Jamat Trust, was registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 as a “B”-category public charitable trust bearing Registration No. B-276-Ahmedabad. Its stated objects included reli...4 MIN READ↗
Madras High Court
A second wife from a void bigamous marriage is not entitled to family pension.
S. Thamizharasi claimed family pension with effect from 1 May 2020 on the death of her husband, R. Saman.3 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Wakf Board cannot bypass Rule 54(5) by constituting an ad hoc committee.
The petitioners, claiming to be the President and Secretary of the managing committee of the concerned Wakf institution, challenged the Karnataka State Board of Auqaf’s Official Memorandum dated 12 February 2026 const...4 MIN READ↗
Chhattisgarh High Court
Private Sharia body cannot determine marital status or dissolve marriage, Chhattisgarh High Court rules; validity of Talaq-e-Hasan left open
The petitioner, a Muslim woman, married Respondent No. 10, Mohd. Abid Khan, on 18.07.2020 after the death of her first husband.3 MIN READ↗
Gujarat High Court
Gujarat High Court says a mother’s custody preference under Muslim law alone does not make a child’s custody with relatives “unlawful confinement”
The petitioners, the minor Hussaina’s paternal grandmother and paternal aunts, claimed that the child had remained in their custody since she was 13 days old, asserting that the respondent mother had abandoned her.3 MIN READ↗
Patna High Court
Divorce on desertion grounds requires two years’ continuous desertion immediately preceding the petition.
The parties married on 17 May 2011. The husband alleged that the wife treated him and his family members improperly and deserted him on 7 August 2011. After unsuccessful attempts to bring her back, he instituted a mat...2 MIN READ↗
Odisha High Court
Reconstitution of a waqf managing committee requires hearing all concerned parties before final decision.
The petitioners claimed to be members of the Managing Committee managing Jamia Masjid, Berhampur and its waqf.3 MIN READ↗
Supreme Court
Wakf Tribunal, not Collector, must decide whether land listed as wakf is wakf property: Supreme Court
The dispute concerned the title and character of the land—whether it belonged to the Gram Panchayat as shamilat deh land or constituted wakf property of the Punjab Wakf Board.3 MIN READ↗
Patna High Court
Prolonged separation and absence of cohabitation establish reciprocal cruelty warranting divorce under Section 13(1)(i-a).
The appellant-wife challenged the judgment and decree dated 22 August 2024 by which the Principal Judge, Family Court, Jehanabad dismissed Matrimonial Case No. 27 of 2022, instituted by her seeking divorce on the grou...3 MIN READ↗
Patna High Court
A Muslim husband may dissolve marriage without proving grounds, but triple talaq is invalid.
The appellant-husband and respondent-wife were married according to Muslim rites on 7 April 1999.3 MIN READ↗
Madhya Pradesh High Court
Temple devotees cannot appoint or remove the priest where temple management vests in the State.
Shree Ram Mandir, Khachrod, containing idols of Shri Ram and other deities, was an ancient temple whose ownership was ultimately claimed by the deity. Mahant Gopaldas had managed the temple and its properties, and aft...5 MIN READ↗
Sikkim High Court
Prolonged separation and refusal to consent to divorce may constitute mental cruelty warranting dissolution.
The appellant-husband and respondent-wife married according to Hindu customary rites on 25 November 2019 at Kirateshwar Shivalaya Mandir, Legship, Gyalshing, Sikkim, and had a daughter who was five years old at the ti...3 MIN READ↗No articles match these filters.