Mohamed Alavi Navaz Caffoor & others vs The Director Mosque and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs and others – CA WRT 293/21-2025

In the matter of Mohamed Alavi Navaz Caffoor and others versus the Director Mosque and Muslim Charitable Trusts or Wakfs and others, the court addressed the procedural validity of referring a matter concerning the N.D.H. Abdul Ghaffoor Trust to the Wakfs Tribunal under the Muslim Mosques and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs Act No. 51 of 1956. The court held that the absence of a certificate of approval from the Wakfs Board, as required by Section 9E(3) of the Act, rendered the Tribunal’s assumption of jurisdiction void ab initio. This decision reaffirmed the principle that strict compliance with statutory preconditions for jurisdiction is imperative. The relevant proceedings before the Wakfs Tribunal and associated documents were quashed, and it was reiterated that the N.D.H. Abdul Ghaffoor Tru