The Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband participated in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, on Wednesday and presented its recommendations regarding the proposed amendments.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a resolution extending the tenure of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf…
The state government would introduce a resolution to discuss in the Assembly seeking revocation of the central government’s Waqf Amendment Bill 2024.
The court held there is no retrospective effect for the insertion of Section 52A in 2013 in the Waqf Act.
The JPC had met to hear the Delhi Waqf Board and the officials of the Ministry of Minority Affairs on the controversial provisions of the Bill.
One Catholic Parish Church, Convent, and dispensary are under threat of evacuation by the Waqf Board, Archbishop Andrews Thazath said in his submission.
The fourth meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to examine the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, was held on Friday.
This meeting came a day after Rijiju introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha and proposed sending it to a joint parliamentary committee after Opposition parties objected to its provision.
Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju defended the bill, claiming it does not interfere with religious freedoms.
