Opposing the Centre’s competition that Waqf properties registered a “stunning” improve after the 2013 modification to the Waqf regulation, the All India Muslim Private Regulation Board (AIMPLB) has stated that the declare was “unsupported and…scurrilous” and “hid materials info”, and accused the federal government of “making a false declare…to mislead” the courtroom.
The board stated this in its rejoinder affidavit filed on Could 1 in response to the Centre’s counter-affidavit to petitions difficult the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025.
The counter-affidavit, whereas flagging the “reported misuse of waqf provisions to encroach non-public properties and authorities properties”, stated “it’s actually stunning to know that after the modification introduced within the 12 months 2013, there’s 116% rise in auqaf space” and referred to the info uploaded on the Waqf Administration System of India (WAMSI) portal as proof.
Countering this, the board’s rejoinder stated that the “Chart (exhibiting the waqf property information) and relatable averment within the (centre’s) Affidavit, the way in which it has been projected, is totally misconceived and deceptive, aside from being inaccurate”. It sought departmental motion in opposition to the deponent “for submitting such an irresponsible affidavit in such an necessary case”.
The rejoinder affidavit stated, “It seems that in its affidavit Union of India is suggesting that each one the properties registered as waqf earlier than 2013, have been instantly uploaded on WAMSI Portal, when it turned operational.” The Board argued that “to say that the variety of waqf properties mirrored therein have been the one registered properties is mischievous”.
It additional stated that “the deponent of the counter affidavit has not been candid to this Hon’ble Court docket, and it seems that has rigorously averted making a press release that ‘all of the registered waqf properties have been uploaded on the internet portal within the 12 months 2013’. Since this important facet is lacking within the affidavit, the sanctity of this chart itself is severely uncertain. It seems that a public official, who can also be the in-charge of the stated portal, has both intentionally suppressed this truth or casually made this chart to falsely depict an image which doesn’t exist”.
The board stated that “in these 2 units of knowledge, one positioned as Annexure R-1 to the counter affidavit and one other positioned on the federal government portal, there are deceptive discrepancies and in addition ‘double counting’, resulting in exponential improve in figures as projected by Union”.
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The rejoinder stated the counter affidavit “is silent on the sweeping powers to the collector” within the Act “and regardless of dedicating greater than 50 paragraphs to emphasize the significance and advantages of registration but fails to elucidate why an modification to delete the definition or idea of waqf by person altogether is required when Part 36 of the 1995 Act requiring registration already exists”. The counter affidavit fails to elucidate why “the infant should be thrown out together with the bathwater”, it added.
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