Waqf: India top court stays key provisions of new law governing Muslim properties

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The properties are governed by the Waqf Act, 1995, which mandated the formation of state-level waqf boards to manage them.
52% : While the judges refused to stay a provision that allows the nomination of non-Muslims to the waqf board, they limited the number of non-Muslim members to four in the 22-member federal board and to three in the 11-member state boards.
51% : The waqf properties are currently managed by state-level boards and a central council, with nominees from the state government, Muslim lawmakers, members of state bar council, Islamic scholars and the managers of these properties.

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