The amendmentss are specifically aiming to diminish the arbitrary authority of the Waqf Board. At present, there are certain clauses in the Act that permits them to claim any property as Waqf sans ...

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 ...

The amendments suggest that the non-Muslim members of the board will exclude ex-officio members, which means that it may have a maximum of four non-Muslim members. Waqf Bill gets JPC nod with 14 ...

The Muslim women have been empowered further by the Central government as they have been also included as members of the Waqf boards. Some of the key provisions of the Waqf Amendment Bill ...