NEW DELHI: The invoice to amend Waqf Act, which is about to be launched within the present parliamentary session, goals to result in sweeping adjustments to the Act of 1995. Union Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju stated that this transfer is in response to the continual calls for and representations made by frequent Muslims for extra clear regulation of Waqf properties.
The invoice proposes to rename the Act because the “Unified Waqf Administration, Empowerment, Effectivity and Growth Act, 1995” and seeks to make sure the illustration of Muslim ladies and non-Muslims in Waqf boards, in addition to the inclusion of “Aghakhani waqf” and “Bohra waqf” along with the present Sunni and Shia Waqf boards.
The invoice goals to empower ladies by securing their rights in welfare from Waqf and features a clause associated to the “welfare, upkeep of widow, divorced girl and orphan in such method, as could also be prescribed by the Central Authorities.”
It additionally curtails the powers to declare a property as Waqf, stating that no particular person shall create a Waqf until they’re the lawful proprietor of the property and competent to switch or dedicate such property. The invoice addresses the contentious provision associated to the creation of “waqf-alal-aulad,” clarifying that it shall not outcome within the denial of inheritance rights of heirs, together with ladies heirs, of the Waqif.
The invoice requires each Waqf registered below the Act to file the main points of the Waqf and the property devoted to the Waqf on the portal and database inside six months from the graduation of the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2024.
A major change proposed within the invoice is that any authorities property recognized or declared as Waqf property, earlier than or after the graduation of the Act, shall not be deemed to be a Waqf property. If any query arises as as to if any such property is a authorities property, the matter shall be referred to the Collector having jurisdiction, who shall make an inquiry and decide whether or not such property is a Authorities property or not.
The draft invoice additionally offers the Collector a vital function within the declaration of Waqf properties, saying that such a property won’t be declared Waqf till the district Justice of the Peace offers a report. Moreover, the invoice proposes to curtail the sweeping powers of the tribunal, and the clause that said that the tribunal’s determination is remaining is proposed to be omitted.
The invoice proposes to rename the Act because the “Unified Waqf Administration, Empowerment, Effectivity and Growth Act, 1995” and seeks to make sure the illustration of Muslim ladies and non-Muslims in Waqf boards, in addition to the inclusion of “Aghakhani waqf” and “Bohra waqf” along with the present Sunni and Shia Waqf boards.
The invoice goals to empower ladies by securing their rights in welfare from Waqf and features a clause associated to the “welfare, upkeep of widow, divorced girl and orphan in such method, as could also be prescribed by the Central Authorities.”
It additionally curtails the powers to declare a property as Waqf, stating that no particular person shall create a Waqf until they’re the lawful proprietor of the property and competent to switch or dedicate such property. The invoice addresses the contentious provision associated to the creation of “waqf-alal-aulad,” clarifying that it shall not outcome within the denial of inheritance rights of heirs, together with ladies heirs, of the Waqif.
The invoice requires each Waqf registered below the Act to file the main points of the Waqf and the property devoted to the Waqf on the portal and database inside six months from the graduation of the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2024.
A major change proposed within the invoice is that any authorities property recognized or declared as Waqf property, earlier than or after the graduation of the Act, shall not be deemed to be a Waqf property. If any query arises as as to if any such property is a authorities property, the matter shall be referred to the Collector having jurisdiction, who shall make an inquiry and decide whether or not such property is a Authorities property or not.
The draft invoice additionally offers the Collector a vital function within the declaration of Waqf properties, saying that such a property won’t be declared Waqf till the district Justice of the Peace offers a report. Moreover, the invoice proposes to curtail the sweeping powers of the tribunal, and the clause that said that the tribunal’s determination is remaining is proposed to be omitted.
