Kerala Waqf Board to challenge HC Division Bench’s verdict on Munambam land
Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala Waqf Board (KWB) will file a review petition against the Kerala High Court’s Division Bench order declaring the contentious Munambam land as not a Waqf property. A two-member Bench consisting of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice V. M. Shyamkumar had passed the judgment last month in a writ petition filed by the State government challenging a Single Judge’s order striking down the appointment of an inquiry commission into the Munambam issue. The KWB will argue that an error was apparent on the face of the judgment, and the Bench exceeded its judicial mandate by passing the order on an issue that was never raised by the appellants or any other parties to the litigation, sources said. The State government, the appellant in the case, had challenged the Single Judge’s order cancelling the appointment of C.N. Ramachandran Nair as the Commission of Inquiry. The Division Bench, which considered the appeal, transgressed the judicial boundaries in the case and decided on the nature …
