Dr. A.H.M. Marjan and others vs M.H. Mohideen Abdul Cader – CASE NO WT/291/2023-2024

In the case between the Trustees and Chairman of the Jamaat Council of Masjidul Abrar Mosque (petitioners) and M.H. Mohideen Abdul Cader (appellant/respondent, a former Special Trustee) with additional respondents, the court examined whether the former Special Trustee, after the expiry of his term, possessed the locus standi to appeal to the Wakfs Tribunal and the validity of the Tribunal’s ex-parte interim order issued without proper notice and in excess of statutory limits. It was concluded that the appeal by the former Special Trustee was invalid due to lack of legal standing and that the Tribunal’s interim order contravened the mandatory provisions of the Wakfs Act and the Civil Procedure Code. The outcome reaffirmed the established principle that only parties to the original proceedin