SC stays key provisions of Waqf Amendment Act, 5-yr Islam practice condition on hold

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Regarding the provision of barring non-muslims from creating Waqf, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, had said that only in the 2013 amendment, non-Muslims were given such rights, but in the 1923 law, they were not allowed to create Waqfs, as there were concerns that this could be used as a device to defraud creditors.
50% : As far as non-Muslim members are concerned, the court has said that in the Waqf Board, it cannot be more than 3 and not more than 4 in Section 9, and on the registration, the court has apparently extended the time limit but has not stayed the provision..." Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi said, "This is a really good decision.
47% : The Central government had earlier urged the court not to stay any provisions of the Act, saying that it is a settled position in law that constitutional courts would not stay a statutory provision, either directly or indirectly, and would decide the matter finally.

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