Waqf Amendment Act Hearing: SC Deferred Hearing Of Waqf Property Case Till May 15

The SC has deferred the hearing of the Waqf property case till May 15. CJI Sanjeev Khanna said he wanted to give upcoming CJI some time to apprise himself of the matter. Read Here

The Supreme Court of India will be hearing five pleas challenging the recently passed controversial Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, today.

The apex court on April 17 passed an order mentioning that only five petitions will be taken up at the next hearing and refused to entertain any fresh pleas, stating that it cannot entertain "hundreds" of petitions on the same issue. Read Here

BJP MP Anurag Thakur on a Shimla court ordering complete demolition of Sanjauli mosque, said, "The mindset of the Waqf Board is that they will never show documents. The construction of a mosque in Shimla's Sanjauli was illegal. There were no documents of the land."

"They failed to present the documents even after several months. Therefore, the (municipal) commissioner has said that all the floors of the mosque were constructed without permission. The Waqf Board has failed to submit documents. There are thousands of such examples in the country," he said.

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바카라라이브 바카라 issue Username Waqf looks at what the new law really means. Is it about fixing a broken system? Or is it deepening the divide?

After 12 hours of heated debate in the Lok Sabha, and 17 more in the Rajya Sabha that went on past midnight, the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was passed—first in the lower house on April 3, and then in the upper house on April 4. Within days, it became a law. Read Here

As the SC is going to hear Waqf pleas today, JPC Chairman on Waqf (Amendment) Bill Jagdambika Pal, said, "The way 75 petitions have been filed in the SC, the CJI said they cannot hear all of them, like there is a race, they are trying to show to Muslims that they are fighting for them. But the questions that have been raised in petitions about how non-Muslims will be in the board, it has been decided in the cases Ramjas Foundation vs SC or Rajasthan Waqf Board vs SC that Waqf Board is not governed by Sharia law but it is a statutory body which is responsible for upkeep of properties."

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai has said the Waqf (Amendment) Act will not only benefit the deprived people belonging to the Muslim community but also protect the interests of tribal communities in the state by preventing land grabbing.

"The influential people from the Muslim community took the Waqf properties on lease and set up big malls. The rich kept on becoming richer but the poor did not get any benefit," Sai said in an interview to PTI Videos.

"We would like to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji, who has been taking many bold decisions. This is also one of them. With the introduction of the Act, their arbitrariness will definitely stop and the Waqf Board will work for the upliftment of the Pasmanda Muslims, the poor and the women,” he said.

Shankar Pal라이브 바카라 modest two-storied house stands ruined on one side of the narrow lane. Burnt and broken items are heaped outside—parts of a TV set, a refrigerator door. The house doors are open. The window grills broken. Inside, the shelves and wardrobes lay in pieces. Next to the house, shops owned by Nitya Pal and Narayan Pal are gutted. A silvery shine from dumped cooking utensils darkly glints from a dry and dirty pond nearby. Read Here

The biggest challenge presently faced by waqfs in India is that they have lost the battle of perception even before the legal battle commences. A general public perception has been created that waqf is a unique and flawed concept and requires legal overhaul.

It is from this lens that the entire dispute is seen, and even those who are able to see the communal agenda behind the Waqf Amendment Act end up conceding that some change to the law was required. Read Here

On April 4, police knocked on the door of Mujeeb Shibli, the caretaker of Ayesha Mosque at Madina Chowk, at 11:30 pm. They handed him a notice issued by the city magistrate, which read that in the future, he “can disturb the peace by inciting the public and sending wrong messages”. He was told to appear in court on April 16 and explain why a bond of Rs 2 lakh should not be provided by him in order to maintain peace for a year. The same morning, the Waqf (Amendment) Bill was cleared in the Rajya Sabha. Read Here

Political parties in Uttar Pradesh—regarded as the hotbed of politics—are closely watching the developments after the passage of the Waqf Bill. The politics of UP has always revolved around the Muslim factor—parties have either stood up to their cause or have taken up a stand in their favour based on their individual ideologies. There have been numerous instances in the past wherein parties have rallied around Muslims to garner their support electorally. Read Here

RJD MP Manoj Jha said, "Supreme Court, during the previous hearing, gave its observation on important aspects and had asked govt questions. I have faith that people will get relief...our party is also an important petitioner in this."

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If he had his way, then former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad라이브 바카라 son Tejashwi Yadav would throw the Waqf (Amendment) Act in the dustbin. The young Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader said this is exactly what his party would do if voted to power in the Bihar Assembly election due by the end of this year. He also accused the ruling BJP at the Centre of using the amendment to “divide the country”. Read Here

In the chaos of central Mumbai라이브 바카라 Bhendi Bazar, the Haji Ismail Habib Musafirkhana building, covered in black tarpaulin and bamboo scaffolding, stands in quiet ruin. In the late 19th century, the building was a celebrated resting place for travellers and Hajj pilgrims. By the 1990s, it gained notoriety as the residence of underworld don and India라이브 바카라 most wanted terrorist, Dawood Ibrahim, whose family lived in two rooms on the top floor. The weathered structure now stands mired in a heated legal battle over ownership and redevelopment. Read Here

Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav said on Monday, and alleged that the Congress is spreading rumours about the Waqf Amendment Ãct, 2025.

The Union minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come up with various reforms in the fields of social justice, economic growth, transparency and gender equality.

"The Waqf Amendment Ãct, 2025 recently passed by Parliament is an important milestone of this progressive journey," he asserted.

Some issues like transparency and management in Waqf affairs remained unaddressed in the last amendment in 2013, which have been taken care of now by the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, he said.

"The rights of the Muslim groups and individuals to create , manage and regulate Waqf will remain intact even after the latest amendment," Yadav said.

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The concept and practices of auqaf (the plural of waqf) are 1,400 years old. Its genesis lies in the times of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) or even earlier. Waqf derives its name from the Arabic word ‘waqufa’, meaning to hold, detain, or tie up.

Authenticated sources trace the story to the Caliph of Islam, Hazrat Umar (RA), requesting the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) to advise him on making pious use of a piece of land having links with Khyber in its vicinity. Read Here

Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Kumar Nishad said, "... Whatever decision will be taken, we will accept it. We feel that the court is in favour of the poor, and the Muslims will also benefit from this... I think the court will pay attention to this."

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As the Supreme Court is going to hear Waqf (Amendment) Act case today, AIMPLB member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali said, "The SC is going to her the case today. We are of the view that since Waqf is an integral part of our religion, so Muslims should have the complete freedom in administering and managing Waqf properties."

"It has been mentioned that there are many clauses in this amendment which are basically against the provisions of our constitution especially Articles 14, 15, 25, 26. On this ground, we are more than confident that the SC will give justice to the Muslim community," he added.

In a menacingly bipolar polity and society, and in an era of easy-labelling and stereotyping, telling truth and holding a mirror before the two poles is a much more difficult task. Accusations and counter-accusations of opportunism against independent-minded interventions on a contentious issue come rather hastily.

Thus, commenting upon a deeply flawed, ill-intended and partisan law on Waqf (Muslim charitable endowments) becomes as much difficult as it is to point out the flaws within certain aspects of the institutional creation and bad management of the Waqf. Read Here