Waqf

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to “effectively address" issues related to the powers of the State Waqf Boards, registration and survey of waqf properties and removal of encroachments, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

The proposed legislation has omitted the controversial section 40 of the act which relates to the powers of the Waqf board to decide if a property is Waqf property.

The Waqf Board, on the other hand, contended that it had appropriately declared the property as Waqf and hence had the jurisdiction to force the ASI to remove the premises. It further contended that the ASI should have sought the Waqf Tribunal rather than filing a writ petition.

Maulana Sajid Rashidi, President of All India Imam Association, threatened that Muslims will be out on the streets if the Waqf Act is amended.

Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, Chief Imam, All India Imam Organization said that it is the need of the hour to do amendment of Waqf Act and there should be no politics over it.

A Bench of Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy struck down the provisions that enabled the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board Chief Executive Officer to order the eviction of encroachers.

In November 2021, the Waqf Board partially approved an application and declared the SMC Headquarters as waqf property.

In its letter, the Islamic Sufi Board said the chairman of Tamil Nadu Wakf Board committed cheating and misused his post to solicit funds from abroad.

Congress-led Karnataka government alloted Rs 31 cr to raise compound walls around waqf properties

On 3rd October, PM Modi, while addressing a rally in Telangana’s Nizamabad remarked that the state government had captured the temples and that the temples were being looted through a conspiracy involving governments.