Ernakulam: In a major development, the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has ruled that the land in Munambam is not Waqf property, overturning an earlier order by the single bench of the high court.

The new order comes when the case is still under the purview of the Waqf tribunal.

The Division Bench observed that, based on a 1950 document, the land in question was donated to Farook College, and the inclusion of a reversion clause in the deed meant that it ceased to be Waqf property once the conditions for repossession were triggered. The earlier ruling by a Single Bench of the High Court had held the Munambam land as Waqf property and had maintained that any action regarding it must proceed under the Waqf Act.

The Division Bench’s ruling came in response to an appeal filed by the

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