New Delhi
The Central Government has filed a counter affidavit on the Waqf Amendment Act. In the reply filed in the Supreme Court, the government has defended the law, ie, it has justified it, saying that for the last 100 years, Waqf Bai users are recognized only on registration basis and not orally.
The central government said in the affidavit that Waqf is not a religious institution of Muslims but a legal body. According to the Waqf Amendment Act, the work of Mutavalli is secular and not religious. This law reflects the feelings of the elected public representatives. He has passed it by majority.
The affidavit that the central government has filed in the court regarding Waqf is said that the law passed by the Parliament is considered constitutionally valid, especially the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) and the law enacted after a comprehensive debate in Parliament.
The Center requested the court not to stop any provision yet. This amendment law does not have any interference in the religious right to make any person’s vaqf. This law has been changed to ensure only management and transparency.
Explain that before passing this bill, 36 meetings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee were held and more than 97 lakh stakeholders had given suggestions and memorandum. The committee visited ten big cities of the country and went among the public to know their views.
