Title: AIMPLB Accuses Centre of Submitting Incorrect Data in Supreme Court Waqf Case
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has accused the Centre of submitting incorrect data in the Supreme Court Waqf case and sought action against the officer concerned for filing a "false affidavit."
The board has expressed serious objections to the government’s statement that there has been a "shocking increase" in the number of Waqf properties uploaded in the central portal after 2013.
The AIMPLB has accused the Centre of placing incorrect data and sought action against the officer concerned of the Ministry of Minority Affairs for filing a "false affidavit."
The board has said that the deponent (the officer who filed the affidavit) must file an affidavit and state that the number of properties reflected on the Waqf Management System of India (WAMSI) Project portal contained all the registered Waqfs as on 2013.
The Centre, on April 25, defended the amended Waqf Act in the Supreme Court and opposed any "blanket stay" by the court on a "law having presumption of constitutionality passed by Parliament."
The government claimed a "shocking increase" of 116 per cent in the number of Waqf properties in the country since 2013. It also opposed the arguments over the necessary registration of "Waqf by user" properties till April 8, saying if the provision is interfered with by an interim order, it would amount to the "creation of a legislative regime by a judicial order."
On April 17, the Centre assured the top court that it would neither de-notify Waqf properties, including the "Waqf by user" properties, nor make any appointments to the central waqf council and boards till May 5.
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Reference : https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-act-aimplb-questions-correctness-of-centres-affidavit-in-sc/article69536860.ece
