The Indore Bench of the High Court passed the interim order on Friday. It admitted a plea, submitted by a man who presently lives in the said house, to prove his ownership
Photo: MP High Court (Official Website)
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has halted an order of the Cantonment Board in Mhow, near Indore, which had directed the demolition of an allegedly unauthorised construction at Al-Falah University Chancellor Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui’s ancestral house in Mhow.
The Indore Bench of the High Court passed the interim order on Friday. It admitted a plea, submitted by a man who presently lives in the said house, to prove his ownership.
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According to information, Siddiqui hails from Mhow, and his late father, Hammad Ahmed, served as the town qazi (head cleric) for many years.
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The present occupant of the house, Abdul Majid (59), had challenged the notice in the High Court.
Majid, who identified himself as a farmer, stated in his petition that Siddiqui gave him the property in 2021 under hiba, an Islamic gift, after his father Hammad Ahmed’s death, and that he owns it based on the hibanama.
The Cantonment Board’s notice issued on November 19 said the ‘unauthorised construction’ must be removed within three days, failing which the Board would remove it under the relevant legal provisions and recover the cost from the occupant or the legal heirs of the property owner.
The High Court has halted the execution of the Cantonment Board’s order.
The Al-Falah University has come under the scanner of law enforcement agencies after the Delhi blast. Fifteen people were killed in the explosion near the Red Fort on November 10.
Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui is currently in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
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