New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the legal basis for exempting Waqf institutions from payment of court fees in proceedings before state waqf tribunals.
A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Aravind Kumar made the remarks while hearing a plea against an order of the Gujarat High Court that upheld the rejection of waqf suits for non-payment of court fees by relying on its earlier ruling that waqf institutions are not exempt from paying court fees before the State Waqf Tribunal.
