Parliament’s Joint Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 adopted its report by a majority vote on Wednesday, clearing the deck for the government to move the Bill during the upcoming Budget ...

The Muslim Personal Law Board has come down heavily on the allies of the Bharatiya Janata Party for supporting the Waqf Bill and appealed to the Opposition to unite to defeat the Bill in the ...

NEW DELHI: A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinising the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill approved it on Monday, setting the tone for its tabling for discussion and passage during the ...

New Delhi: The Joint Parliament Committee (JPC) examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday adopted the draft legislation with 14 amendments as suggested by the NDA members. The bill was ...

NEW DELHI: Opposition members on Wednesday objected to the proposed omission of the 'waqf by user' clause in the Waqf Amendment Bill, contending that the provision existed since time immemorial.

The Waqf Amendment Bill aims to reform the governance of Waqf boards, which manage endowments for religious and charitable purposes in the Muslim community. The JPC, led by Jagadambika Pal of the ...

Image Source : PTI (FILE) Joint Committee of Parliament. The Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) has accepted the Waqf draft report with 14 votes against 11. The Opposition members have been asked ...

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BJP and allies have cleared significant amendments to the Waqf Act, ending the 'waqf by user' scheme. Proposed changes include the inclusion of non-Muslims in the Central Waqf Council and ...

New Delhi: The Joint Committee of Parliament scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill on Wednesday adopted its draft report and the amended version of the proposed law with a majority vote ...

has also urged the government to take steps to protect the interests of the tenants on Waqf properties by compassionately looking into their concerns, sources said.

At the outset, sources said the Board found fault with the move to change the nomenclature of the principal Waqf Act to ‘Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development’ Act ...