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"Centre to give its response," says BJP MP Jagdambika Pal as SC hears plea
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Ahead of hearing in Supreme Court on Monday of pleas challenging constitutional validity of Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, who also chairs the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqf, said the Central government will submit its response before the Supreme Court, which
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"Such wide discussion never done in India's parliamentary history": Rijij
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Moving the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha, Rijiju said the bill will not be implemented with retrospective effect and dismissed allegations that it is aimed at "snatching" property.
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CPI MP writes letter to RS Chairman regarding impropriety of procedure in
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala P Sandosh Kumar, wrote a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiran Rijiju regarding the impropriety of procedure in presenting the report of the Joint P
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JPC on Waqf Bill to present report in Parliament today; Prepared after tou
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, the JPC Chairman emphasized the committee toured the country to collect inputs before finalizing the report, which included the adoption of 25 amendments across 14 clauses.
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JPC on Waqf (Amendment) Bill submits report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The meeting between members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has concluded and the final report on the bill has been submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla.
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JPC on Waqf adopts draft report and amended revised bill, opposition submi
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that he will oppose the bill when it will be discussed in the Parliament during the Budget Session.
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Next meeting of JPC on Waqf Bill to be held on January 27
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Pal said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey moved a motion to suspend the opposition MPs for creating a "ruckus" after they resorted to "shouting" and "sloganeering," which prevented the meeting from continuing.
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JPC on Waqf (Amendment) Bill to conduct its last phase of field visit in L
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Brij Lal said, "We have held meetings at a lot of places till now... Many states in the country have been covered. This is the last phase of the field visits. All the stakeholders will participate including the Shia and Sunni Waqf boards and the Minority Commission. We will take their sug
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JPC on Waqf Bill seeks more clarifications from Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In this meeting, representatives of the State Government of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were present and recorded their oral evidence before the committee.
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JPC on Waqf Bill to meet on Dec 26-27, record oral evidence from State rep
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Waqf Act of 1995, enacted to regulate waqf properties, has long been criticised for issues such as mismanagement, corruption, and encroachments.
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JPC on Waqf Ammendment Bill to continue to hear expert opions on Thursday
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The committee will engage with Syed Abubakar Naqvi, the former Chairman and State Minister of the Waqf Board in Rajasthan, and Prof. Mahrukh Mirza, the former Vice Chancellor of Khwaja Chishti Moinuddin Language University, Lucknow. The meeting is scheduled to take place around noon.
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JPC on Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024 holds meeting with AISPLB
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf Amendment Bill,2024 held a meeting with the All India Shia Personal Law Board members on Wednesday.
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