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Uttar Pradesh AIMIM president Shaukat Ali on Sunday said that the party will contest all the seats in future elections in the state, while also claiming that many leaders of the Samajwadi Party will join the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party in the future. Hyderabad:  Uttar Pradesh AIMIM president Shaukat Ali on... The post appeared first on .

Amid the ongoing survey of unrecognised madrassas, the Uttar Pradesh government is geared up to conduct a survey of the Waqf properties in the state. Lucknow :  Amid the ongoing survey of unrecognised madrassas, the Uttar Pradesh government is geared up to conduct a survey of the Waqf properties in... The post appeared first on .

Amid the ongoing survey of unrecognised madrassas, the Uttar Pradesh government is geared up to conduct a survey of the Waqf properties in the state. Lucknow :  Amid the ongoing survey of unrecognised madrassas, the Uttar Pradesh government is geared up to conduct a survey of the Waqf properties in... The post appeared first on .

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 21 (ANI): Amid the ongoing survey of unrecognised madrassas, the Uttar Pradesh government is geared up to conduct a survey of the Waqf properties in the state.

New Delhi Apr 20 PTIThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Centre on public interest litigation challenging certain provisions of the Waqf Act which grant special status to Waqf properties A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla issued notice on the PIL by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay and asked him to make the Waqf Board a party to the plea He told the court that the Act was against secularism as there was no other law to administer the properties of other religions Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma appearing for the Centre said that petition raises substantial questions In his petition the petitioner has sought a direction to the Centre to enact only Uniform Law for Trust and Trustees Charities and Charitable Institutions and Religious Endowments and Institutions and claimed that Waqf properties cannot enjoy any special rights which have not been given to other Trusts Charitable and Religious Institutions being run by non- Islamic religious group Petitioner is challenging the validity of provisions of Waqf Act 1995 which is made under the garb of managing Waqf properties but there are no similar laws for followers of Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Sikhism Judaism Bahaism Zoroastrianism Christianity Hence it is against the secularism unity and integrity of the nation the petition has said The petition has submitted that the special status granted to Waqf properties is manifestly arbitrary irrational and offends Articles 14 15 of the Constitution The Waqf Act has given wide and uncontrolled powers to Waqf Boards and Waqf Properties have been placed over and above other charitable religious institutions No other enactment has conferred such wide powers and status it has added The Board has been given the power to decide as to whether a particular property is a Waqf property or not and under section 40 it can question any property belonging to any trust or society and has the power to declare the same as Waqf property No safeguard has been given to the persons whose property is being treated as Waqf property by the Waqf board and even they have no occasion or opportunity to know about the decision if any passed by Waqf Board under section 40 it added The petitioner has also argued that the creation of the Waqf Tribunal is arbitrary and every dispute of civil nature must be decided by a civil court The matter would be heard next on July 28 PTI ADS RKS RKS

New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Delhi Government to take a decision on the matters related to no-confidence motion against Delhi Waqf Board chairman Amanatullah Khan.

Mumbai Mar 22 PTI At least 70 per cent of land owned by the Waqf board in Maharashtra has been encroached upon state minister Nawab Malik has said Shiv Sena MLC Manisha Kayande raised the matter in the Legislative Council on Tuesday asking if the Waqf land had been encroached upon in connivance with officials of the revenue department It is partially true Some 70 per cent Waqf land is under encroachment Malik said in a written reply The chief secretarys office had received an email regarding complaints of misuse of land and inaction by the Waqf board officials he said Malik was arrested last month by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case He is currently in judicial custody PTI ND GK GK GK

New Delhi Feb 22 PTI The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the police to file a status report on a plea by the Waqf Board to re-open the Nizamuddin Markaz where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in March 2020 amid COVID19 pandemic and has remained shut since then as Shab-e-Barat and Ramzan are approaching in March and AprilJustice Mukta Gupta was informed by the central government counsel that a joint inspection of the markaz has already been conducted by the police and Delhi Waqf Board to ascertain its structural components and examine the issue of its re-openingThe court listed the matter for further hearing on March 4The Waqf Board said in its application that the next date of hearing in the matter was April 21 however the festival of Shab-e-Barat is approaching in the middle of March and the holy month of Ramzan is also beginning from April 2 depending upon the lunar sightingThe mosque commonly known as Masjid Bangle Wali comprising four floors along with place of ablution would be required by the worshippers in view of the importance of the prayers during Shab-e-barat as well as during the holy month of Ramzan senior advocate Sanjoy Ghose representing the Waqf Board saidThe Waqf Boards application filed through advocate Waqeeh Shafiq said that last year during these two occasions the high court had permitted prayers in the mosque part and parcel of the waqf property under referenceIt said the current strain of COVID-19 Omicron was not as severe and fatal as the Delta variant and as the conditions have improved physical hearings of all courts have resumed schools clubs bars and markets have also reopened therefore there is no impediment to direct the reopening of this waqf propertyCentral government counsel Rajat Nair submitted that as far as opening of the markaz is concerned it will be done in terms of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA order and added that he would file a status report in this regardThe high court on November 16 last year had directed a joint inspection of the markaz by the police and Waqf BoardThe court which was hearing the Waqf Boards plea to re-open the markaz which has remained shut since March 31 2020 had said that each party can nominate five persons to conduct the inspection and sought a report on it within 15 daysThe November order was passed after the petitioners counsel had stated that under the latest DDMA guidelines all religious places were opened for visitors by thenThe court had observed that the property in question comprised three areas place of worship place of congregation and residential area and therefore there could be no sweeping order with respect to the entire compoundThe central governments counsel said that the entire property has to be earmarked and the DDMA order would apply to each zone accordinglyThe board in its plea has contended that even after unlock-1 guidelines permitted religious places outside containment zones to be opened the Markaz -- comprising the Masjid Bangle Wali Madarsa Kashif-ul-uloom and attached hostel -- continues to be locked upIt has further contended that even if the premises was part of any criminal investigation or trial keeping it under lock as an out of bound area was a primitive method of enquiry processSeveral FIRs were registered under the Epidemic Diseases Act the Disaster Management Act Foreigners Act and various provisions of the penal code in connection with the Tablighi Jamaat event held at the markaz and the subsequent stay of foreigners there during the COVID-19 lockdown last yearEarlier the court had questioned the Centre as to how long it intended to keep the Nizamuddin Markaz locked saying it cant be kept foreverIn its affidavit affirmed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime the Centre had told the court that it was necessary and incumbent to preserve the markaz property as the investigation in the case registered for violation of the COVID-19 protocols has cross borders implications and involves nations diplomatic relationship with other countries On April 15 2021 the court had allowed 50 people to offer namaz five times a day at Nizamuddin Markaz during Ramzan saying there is no direction in the DDMA notification to close down places of worship PTI SKV SA

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], January 18 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved a revised proposal to spend Rs 98.55 crore in various schemes from a fund of Rs 100 crore set up for the inclusive development of the minority community in the state, an official statement said on Monday.