The Supreme Court on Friday December 12 put on hold the Kerala High Court’s declaration that the 404.76-acre Munambam property is not Waqf land. A Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan ordered that status quo must be maintained until the week beginning January 27, when the case will be taken up again.

However, the Court clarified that it has not stayed the High Court’s observation that the State Government was right in appointing a one-member Judicial Commission to probe the history and nature of the land.

Why the Supreme Court intervened

The order came while the Court issued notice on a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi, which challenged portions of the High Court’s verdict.

Senior Advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, appearing for the petitioner, arg

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