New Delhi: A tussle between a man and his nephew, a Rajya Sabha MP, over controlling the functions of a Muslim organisation with lakhs of members has landed in the Delhi High Court.

Justice S Ravinder Bhat has took up an injunction suit filed by Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Hind's elected president Maulana Arshad Madni and restrained his nephew Maulana Mahmood Madni from interfering with the body's functioning.

While restraining Mahmood Madni, an MP and former General Secretary of the organisation, the Court asked the latter to return the documents of the body, including the cheque books and account books entrusted to him earlier.

The controversy between the two arose after Mahmood Madni convened a meeting of the central working committee and brought a no confidence motion against his uncle and the organisation's president Arshad on March 26.

Filing a petition through his counsel Tariq Siddiqui, Arshad sought court's direction restraining his nephew, and his aide Maulana Qari Mohammed Usman from allegedly interfering with the functions of the organisation.

Alleging that Mahmood Madni was creating hurdles in the democratic functioning of the organisation, Arshad said his nephew s term as General Secretary came to an end when the election for the new members was held in July last year.

His membership to the central working committee was ended after new members were elected and new central working committee was constituted on March 8,2008,the counsel added.

Siddiqui alleged that there were allegation against Mahmood Madni of misappropriating the organisation's funds when he was the General Secretary and the member of the Central Working Committee.
Source : PTI