Special Editorial: Jihad Through Democracy !?
When Waqf Tribunals openly challenge India’s legal system, it is time to shut down their operations.
When Waqf Tribunals openly challenge India’s legal system, it is time to shut down their operations.
A division bench made the observation while setting aside a single bench order that had quashed the Kerala government’s move to form an inquiry commission to examine the issue.
The BJP says that before the Jubilee Hills by-election, the Congress government to appease its own vote bank made this land belonging to army available to Muslims.
A mosque in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, had claimed that 1,100 acres of land in the village was a waqf property.
Victims repeatedly accused the Government of deliberate inaction. As one resident said, “This was the failure of the administration, the Police, and the intelligence.”
The location and time at which the national flag was hoisted must be noted under the photograph.
Records of this land have been available since the year 1860. An order to sell the land was also issued in 2006.
Likewise, if the Waqf Board wants to use its property for any other purpose, it does not need to go to a civil court. It must file a complaint with the Government, and the Government machinery will act on it and vacate the said land/building and hand it over to the Waqf Board.
Although both temples and waqfs are religious places, only the waqf board has the support of the Government machinery, while for temples, the trustees have to go the Court for justice.
In a clear-cut distinction, the Centre also stated, “Waqf Boards perform secular functions, whereas temples are wholly religious institutions.”