High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Removal of Muthavalli in Wakf Dispute — Civil Court Acting as Kazi Has Jurisdiction to Remove Muthavalli Under Muslim Law. The court held that the Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore, acting as Kazi, had the power to remove a Muthavalli for breach of trust and mismanagement, and the impugned order did not suffer from any jurisdictional error....
The judgment concerns two writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging a common order dated 23.4.2011 passed by the Principal District and Sessions Judge, ...
