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However, the CJI pointed out that the entire user country is not erroneously registered
The 1995 WAQF Law was promulgated by the Government to improve the administration and management of WAQF properties. (File photo)
The president of the Supreme Court of India, Sanjiv Khanna, began on Wednesday at the hearing about the statements that challenge the amendment in the WAQF law.
Duration The Hearing, Khanna said that when he was a judge in the Superior Court of Delhi, it was said that the land in which the court belongs to the WAQF Board.
“When we were in Delhi HC, we should say that the earth is a Waqf country! They don’t misunderstand us,” he said.
However, the CJI pointed out that the entire user country is not erroneously registered.
What is WAQF by the user?
“WAQF per user” refers to a situation in which a property is treated as a WAQF that simply uses, has been used for religious or charitable purposes over a long period, even if it has a formal and legal statement by the ear.
According to WAQF’s law (amendment) 2025, the “WAQF by the user” registered in or before the laws and the action will retain their state unless they are disputed or identified as government lands. This means that the government has confirmed the doctrine for historical cases while prohibiting its application to future land claims.
According to the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the elimination of this provision is designed to avoid unauthorized or wrong claims on the property. However, user properties have given such WAQF protection (such as mosques, dargahs and cemeteries) that they go as WAQF properties, except that properties, totally or partly, are a governmental property. Drafting of the registration process ensuring that only the properties formally declared as WAQF are recognized, in the absenteo reducing disputes and at the same time respect the traditional declarations of WAQF.