ABSTRACT

This book deals with Law of Waqf (Muslim Endowment Law) and its judicial response in India.

The volume covers several jurisprudential and historical aspects of Waqf, which include Doctrines of Waqf; Essential Requisites of Waqf; Valid Objects of Waqf; Historical Account of Waqf; Emergence of Waqf Law in India; and Constitutional Validity of Waqf in India. The chapters then go on to discuss the Waqf Act 1995 and Waqf Amendment Act 2013. The legal perspectives of each Section of Waqf Act and its amendments are elucidated with references under Reflections. The case-law has been analysed and cited under each Section of Waqf Act, wherever applicable.

This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of law and legal studies. It will be of interest to practitioners of Waqf Jurisprudence in India, the managers of Waqf Institutions and officials involved in Waqf Administration.

chapter |45 pages

Introduction

chapter I|26 pages

Preliminary

chapter II|19 pages

Survey of auqaf

chapter III|7 pages

Central Waqf Council

chapter IV|43 pages

Establishment of boards and their functions

chapter V|16 pages

Registration of auqaf

chapter VI|74 pages

Maintenance of accounts of auqaf

chapter VII|16 pages

Finance of the board

chapter VIII|30 pages

Judicial proceedings

chapter IX|32 pages

Miscellaneous

chapter X|26 pages

Table of cases