https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=314190 Section 85 of the Wakf Act, 1995 bars civil court proceedings only in matters required to be determined by the Tribunal, but Section 7(5) preserves suits, appeals, revisions and review proceedings already instituted before the Act commenced. Read together, these provisions make the Act prospective and prevent the Tribunal from unsettling pending matters begun before 1 January 1996. A suit filed long before commencement, together with the appeal arising from it, therefore remained outside the Tribunal's jurisdiction, and the matter had to continue in the High Court. en-us Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:29:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=314190 Section 85 of the Wakf Act, 1995 bars civil court proceedings only in matters required to be determined by the Tribunal, but Section 7(5) preserves suits, appeals, revisions and review proceedings already instituted before the Act commenced. Read together, these provisions make the Act prospective and prevent the Tribunal from unsettling pending matters begun before 1 January 1996. A suit filed long before commencement, together with the appeal arising from it, therefore remained outside the Tribunal's jurisdiction, and the matter had to continue in the High Court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=314190