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The Waqf Boards shall be body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire and hold property. In the case that more than fifteen per cent of the total number of waqf property is Shia waqf, or the income thereof is more than fifteen per cent, the Act envisages a separate Shia Waqf Board. Telangana State Waqf Board
There are at least 872,351 waqf properties across India, spanning more than 940,000 acres, with an estimated value of 1.2 trillion rupees ($14.22bn; £11.26bn).
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in the Indian Lok Sabha on 8 August 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It seeks to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and amend the Waqf Act, 1995. [ 4 ] The Act regulates waqf property in India , and defines Waqf as an endowment of movable or immovable property for purposes considered pious, religious, or ...
The Karnataka Wakf Board is a Muslim charitable trust that manages and oversees property that have been donated for use by the poor. [4] The report commissioned by Manippady alleges that the Karnataka Wakf Board had allowed almost 50% of its land to be misappropriated by politicians and board members, in collusion with the real estate mafia for ...
The Delhi Waqf Board is a statutory body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal. It has the power to acquire and hold property. In the case that more than fifteen per cent of the total number of waqf property is Shia waqf, or the income thereof is more than fifteen per cent, the Act envisages a separate Shia Waqf Board is formed ...
A waqf can be declared null and void by the ḳāḍī, or religious judge, if its formation includes committing acts otherwise illegal in Islam, or it does not satisfy the conditions of validity, or if it is against the notion of philanthropy. Since waqf is an Islamic institution, it becomes void if the founder converts to another religion. [23]
Telangana State Waqf Board (formerly A.P. State Waqf Board), is a constituted Board established by the 1954 Central Act to manage, regulate and protect the exclusive affairs of Muslim endowment properties, Waqf institutions and Marriage Records of the Muslim community of Telangana, India. It is generally known and writes under the name and ...
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (or U.P. Sunni Waqf Board) is a body constituted under The Wakf Act, 1995 of the Government of India, [1] for general superintendence of the affairs of Sunni Muslim waqf (charity) properties, waqf institutions of the Sunni Muslim community of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.