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TopicWaqf properties

Topic: Waqf properties

What makes a shrine waqf property? In 240-yr-old dargah’s case, Madras HC underlines the requisites

The high court has ruled that mere existence of a tomb or shrine for religious use does not make a property waqf.

Govt’s waqf registration portal UMEED turns 1: One lakh properties missing, Bengal’s sudden surge

Waqf (Amendment) Act was passed amid huge protests by opposition parties & community groups who claimed it’d enable govt takeover of Waqf properties. 

3 months past deadline, India’s waqf mapping is only at 44%. Umeed portal is ‘stressing’ out staff

New Delhi: In the final days before the 6 December, 2025 deadline for mandatory upload of waqf properties on Umeed Central Portal, the Punjab...

Waqf bodies ‘advisory’ in nature, unfounded to draw parallels with temple boards, Centre tells SC

Legislative design of new law will ensure that no person is denied access to courts & that decisions are made within bounds of fairness & legality, it adds.

What is ‘waqf-by-user’ and why it’s at centre of debate over contentious amendments to waqf law

The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 has done away with ‘waqf-by-user’ provision from law, but the Centre has told Supreme Court the amendments will be put on hold for now.

Waqf hearing in SC: Why CJI-led bench flagged four key amendments in new law

Concerns under scrutiny were drawn from a batch of nearly 100 petitions challenging the law, and revolve around significant changes to waqf governance and property recognition.

No waqf appointments, changes to waqf-by-user till next hearing, says SC as Centre seeks time to reply

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told bench that it would not be appropriate to consider a stay 'indirectly or directly based on prima facie or tentative reading of some sections'.

What SC said on waqf-by-user, non-Muslims in council on Day 1 of hearing on Waqf Act amendments

SC bench led by CJI, which is hearing batch of close to 100 petitions on Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, said an interim order would be in operation until the final disposal of the case.

Removal of Section 40 isn’t an attack on Waqf Boards. It’s a much-needed course correction

Under Section 40, the Waqf Board has the authority to initiate a suo motu enquiry to determine if a property is Waqf—a power unique to it.

NDA allies’ balancing act—flaunt Muslim welfare report card as they support Waqf (Amendment) Bill

Lalan Singh of JD(U) asks why Oppn leaders don’t talk about Pasmanda Muslims, TDP’s Tenneti urges Centre to allow states to determine composition of waqf boards.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.