Published on : 10 Oct 2025, 3:30 pm 5 min read

In a strongly worded judgment on the Munambam waqf land dispute, the Kerala High Court on Friday cautioned against giving the judicial seal of approval to arbitrary declarations of property as waqf [ State of Kerala v. Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi ].

A Division Bench of Justices SA Dharmadhikari and Justice Syam Kumar VM said that doing so would enable any structure to be declared as waqf property, including the Taj Mahal, Red Fort, legislature buildings or even the Court's own building.

" If judicial seal of approval is placed on such an arbitrary declaration of waqf, tomorrow any random building or structure, including Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Niyama Sabha Mandiram (State Legislature Complex), or even this Court’s buil

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