Mohamed Alavi Navaz Caffoor vs M.R.M Malik and others – CA LTA 06/21-2025

In the matter between the Trustees of the N.D.H. Abdul Gaffoor Trust (Petitioners) and the Director Mosques and Muslim Charitable Trusts of Wakfs (Applicant), the court addressed the issue of the Wakfs Tribunal’s jurisdiction and the validity of its interim order concerning the Ghaffooriya Arabic College. The court determined that based on prior judicial pronouncements in a separate writ application which declared proceedings void ab initio and established that a specific deed did not constitute a Muslim Charitable Trust, the Petitioners’ application to set aside the interim order and dismiss the case was allowed, reaffirming the principle that existing judicial determinations are binding. This decision relied on the findings in WRIT-293/21, emphasizing that the Tribunal lacked jurisdictio