On behalf of Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a petition was filed in Delhi High Court seeking to halt the screening of the Hindi film "Udaipur Files", informed a press release by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered a stay on the release of the film "Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder", which was scheduled to hit theatres on July 11.
A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the release of the Bollywood film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur.
According to a release, Madani warned that this "hasty and unclear process based on arbitrary and one-sided instructions" could disenfranchise millions of citizens, particularly migrant workers, minorities, and marginalised communities, by depriving them of their fundamental right to vote.
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Madani expressed full support for the Indian armed forces, calling national defense a shared duty and urging a united response to any threat.
"This (Indus Water Treaty suspension) is the policy of govt of India. To defeat enemies, Govt of India will decide what all need to be done. If this pains somebody, then they should go and make the terrorists in Pakistan understand not to do such things. Now only water has been stopped, what
BJP leader and national spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain slammed Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Arshad Madani for his recent statement on the suspension of Indus Water Treaty.
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Arshad Madani on Sunday spoke on the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. Madani said that if any country stops water, let them stop it. He added that the rivers have been flowing for thousands of years and questioned where the water of these rivers will go.
The Working Committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has strongly opposed the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, calling it unconstitutional and a threat to religious rights. The body urged the government to withdraw the law and stop interference in religious matters.
Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the largest body of Islamic scholars in India, has moved to the Supreme Court, challenging the "constitutional validity" of the new law.