The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024: Difference between revisions

 

'''The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024''' was introduced in the Indian [[Lok Sabha]] on 8 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/centre-introduces-waqf-amendment-bill-2024-what-is-the-bill-about-key-features-and-more-440689-2024-08-08|title=Centre introduces Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: What is the bill about, key features and more.|date=8 August 2024|website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-amendment-bill-bjp-allies-jdu-tdp-to-support-the-bill/article68500550.ece|title=Waqf Act Amendment Bill: NDA allies JD(U) and TDP support Waqf Bill for transparency, not interference with mosques, in Lok Sabha.|date=8 August 2024|website=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-bill-referred-to-joint-parliamentary-panel-after-opposition-calls-it-draconian-and-an-attack-on-the-constitution/article68502262.ece|title=Waqf Bill referred to joint parliamentary panel after Opposition calls it 'draconian' and an attack on the Constitution|first=The Hindu|last=Bureau|date=8 August 2024|website=The Hindu}}</ref> It seeks to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and amend the Waqf Act, 1995.<ref name="k670">{{cite web | title=Government introduces bill to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 | website=ANI News | date=2024-08-08 | url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/government-introduces-bill-to-repeal-mussalman-wakf-act-192320240808183415/ | access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref> The Act regulates [[Central Waqf Council|waqf property in India]], and defines [[Waqf]] as an endowment of [[movable property|movable]] or [[immovable property]] for purposes considered pious, religious, or charitable under [[Muslim law]]. Every state is required to constitute a Waqf Board to manage waqf. The Bill renames the Act to '''‘United Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995’ (UWMEEDA 1995).'''