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2w ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Delhi Waqf Board’s Claim to Shahdara Gurdwara Land

The bench ruled that uninterrupted worship since 1947 invalidated the board’s restoration bid.

The Supreme Court of India.
The Supreme Court held that the board should have relinquished its claim once the records showed that a religious structure had been functioning on the land since 1948. (Archive)
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Overview

  • A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma rejected the board’s plea and advised it to relinquish its claim over the Shahdara site.
  • The Delhi Waqf Board argued the land was the pre-Partition Masjid Takia Babbar Shah and held as waqf, but could not prove continuous legal title.
  • The court upheld the 2010 Delhi High Court finding that Mohd Ahsaan’s 1953 sale to Hira Singh and decades of gurdwara use outweighed waqf status.
  • The ruling coincides with the Supreme Court’s interim stay on key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which is awaiting a final verdict.
  • The Union Government plans to enforce mandatory registration of waqf properties and send unregistered sites to tribunals as disputed matters.