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🔻 Wakf Act - 2013 amendment expanding the definition of 'list of auqaf' to include registered properties applies from the Act's beginning as it was meant to fix an oversight, not create new rights
🔻 Wakf Act - Civil Courts retain jurisdiction over waqf disputes except for specific matters the Wakf Act explicitly assigns to the Tribunal; bar on Civil Courts is not total
🔻 Wakf Act - Power to remove encroachers from waqf property under Section 54 can only be initiated by Wakf Board's Chief Executive Officer, not directly by private parties
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