Topic: Waqf Board
Eviction of ‘waqf’ encroachers: Madras HC upholds central law, declares 2010 Tamil Nadu amendment unconstitutional
The Madras High Court, in a judgement, has declared a 2010 amendment which brought waqf properties under the ambit of the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act of 1976, unconstitutional.
UP: Court asks Muslims to hand over 600 years old Badruddin Shah dargah Baghpat to Hindus
The Baghpat District Court in Uttar Pradesh on Monday rejected a decades-old petition filed by a group of Muslims seeking the ownership of a site which contains a graveyard and the dargah of Sufi saint Sheikh Badruddin Shah.
Abdul Wahab MP approaches Rajya Sabha Chairman against private Bill to repeal Wakf boards
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) MP Abdul Wahab has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging him not to allow the introduction of the Waqf Repeal Bill, a Private Member’s Bill moved by BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav.
Waqf board to organise protests as Karnataka scraps Muslim reservation
A day after the BJP-led Karnataka government scrapped the 4 per cent reservation being given to Muslims, the Waqf board demanded the restoration of the reservation and claimed that the latest move by the government was an attempt to polarise votes in the poll-bound state.
Thousands take to Mumbai streets for AIMIM’s rally for Muslim reservation
Stepping up the demand for reservation for Muslims in Maharashtra, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi cited that while 83 percent of the community in Maharashtra were landless, only 8 percent of the Marathas were landless.
Kerala: Thousands take to streets for Muslim League’s Waqf protection rally
Thousands of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)'s cadres joined a massive protest rally on Kozhikode beach on Thursday against the decision of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government to hand over Waqf Board appointments to the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC).
