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Waqf Amendment Act

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What is ‘Waqf by user’ that SC raised concerns about, Singhvi admits 4 out of 8 lakh properties are under this category: Waqf Amendment...

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2025

Supreme Court hears petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, focusing on “waqf by user”, board composition, and constitutional validity.

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Assam: Seven people arrested for trying to instigate violence during protest rally against Waqf Act in Cachar

ANI - 16 April, 2025

Assam Police arrested seven people in connection with an incident during the protest rally against the Waqf (Amendment) Act in Cachar district

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Supreme Court to hear multiple petitions challenging the Waqf Act today, Hindu groups file intervention plea supporting the amendment

ANI - 16 April, 2025

The Supreme Court's Chief Justice's bench will hear multiple petitions challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 legislation at 2 p.m. on Wednesday.

‘Danda (stick) is the only treatment for rioters’: Yogi Adityanath hits out at Mamata govt over Murshidabad violence, praises Waqf Amendment Act

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2025

Yogi Adityanath stated that "Bengal is burning" and accused Mamata Banerjee of calling rioters "messengers of peace."

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How The Economist misrepresented India’s Waqf Act reform as anti-Muslim propaganda

Anurag - 15 April, 2025

The Economist painted the reform as an anti-Muslim act of state aggression. The article claimed that the Bill “could destroy properties” and allow Hindu nationalists to reclaim land. It framed the amendment as part of a larger RSS-BJP plot to dismantle Muslim identity.

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