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By P. Sreekumaran

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The UDF Government has suffered a serious legal setback with the Supreme Court liberating the Kerala Wakf Board from the supervision of a State official. The order clearly indicates that it can judicially intervene in case of "egregious" interference in a statutory body's day-to-day management.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, passed the order while hearing the Board's appeal against an interim order of the Kerala High Court on July 15. In its order, the High Court had directed that the State Wakf Board function under the 'supervision" of the Joint/Additional Secretary of the State Government.

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