On Sunday (5th July), the Madhya Pradesh government constituted a 10-member Waqf Board with Sanwar Patel as its chairman. The Hindu members of the newly-formed board are Manoj Malpani and Animesh Bhargava.
The court said survey, notification and legal proof of dedication are mandatory before treating a property as Waqf, and held that the Board cannot assume automatic control over a Muslim religious institution.
Calling the law-and-order threat an “imaginary ghost,” the Madras High Court upheld lamp lighting at Thiruparankundram Hill and exposed the DMK government’s agenda-driven obstruction.
Gujarat High Court dismissed 150 Waqf petitions, ruling boards must pay court fees like temples and other faiths. It ended years of exemptions under the Waqf Act, clarifying Section 83 proceedings as full litigation. Deputy CM hailed it as historic for equality.
The Madras High Court awarded roughly 2.34 acres of land to the Kanmiya Pallivasal (mosque) but dismissed its unsubstantiated claim to 1100 acres of land.