{"id":17494,"date":"2023-09-21T18:03:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/?p=17494"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:03:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:33:20","slug":"tussle-between-the-union-government-and-the-delhi-waqf-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/21-09-2023\/tussle-between-the-union-government-and-the-delhi-waqf-board","title":{"rendered":"Tussle Between the Union Government and the Delhi Waqf Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In News<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has <strong>taken over 123 properties taken care of by the Delhi Waqf Board.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These properties include<strong> mosques, dargah and graveyards, and<\/strong> the Union Government has taken over these properties based on the report of a <strong>two-member committee on denotified Waqf properties.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This committee was set up <strong>following a Delhi High Court order.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Waqf Board has <strong>challenged in the High Court<\/strong> the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs letter which<strong> \u201cabsolves\u201d the board from all matters pertaining to 123 properties.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What is the Stand of the Waqf Board?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Waqf Board which had gone to court following the delisting of 123 properties, and asked for a halt to the surveys being conducted, filed a fresh application after the demolition of the <strong>boundary wall of the mosque-madrasa complex at Babur Road.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Delhi High Court, however, <strong>allowed the survey to continue.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Centre\u2019s Stand<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Centre opposed the <strong>Waqf Board\u2019s plea against inspection of the properties<\/strong> under question, and claimed that the Delhi Waqf Board is <strong>not and cannot be the owner of any of the 123 propertie<\/strong>s and at best could only be a custodian, that too only if it\u2019s a Waqf property.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The survey of some of the leading mosques and dargahs continues for now though the graveyards have not been touched yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What is Waqf?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The very literal meaning of <strong>Waqf is detention or confinement and prohibition.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As per Islam, it is the property that is now available <strong>only for religious or charitable purposes,<\/strong> and any other use or sale of the property is prohibited.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As per Sharia law, once Waqf is established, and the property is dedicated to Waqf, it remains as Waqf property forever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Central Waqf Council<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a <strong>statutory body<\/strong> under the <strong>administrative control of the Ministry of Minority Affairs <\/strong>that was set up in<strong> 1964<\/strong> as per the provision given in the <strong>Waqf Act, 1954<\/strong> as Advisory Body to the Central Government on matters concerning the working of the <strong>Waqf Boards and the due administration of Auqaf.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, the role of the Council was expanded significantly under the <strong>provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2013.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Council has been empowered to <strong>advise the Central Government, State Governments and State Waqf Boards.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Council consists of the <strong>Chairperson, <\/strong>who is the Union Minister in charge of Waqf and such other members, not exceeding 20 in number, as may be appointed by the Government of India.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As per<strong> Section 40<\/strong> of the <strong>Waqf Act 1995<\/strong> (as amended in 2013) the State Waqf Board is empowered to decide any question which arises as to whether a particular property is a Waqf property or not or whether a Waqf is a Sunni Waqf or a Shia Waqf.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/52554\/OPS\/G3FBPBCPS.1+GVLBPBGAB.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syllabus: GS2\/Governance In News About What is the Stand of the Waqf Board? Centre\u2019s Stand What is Waqf? Central Waqf Council Source: TH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17496,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17494\/revisions\/17496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}