New Delhi. The Central Government has filed a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court on the Waqf Amendment Act case. The government says that on the basis of intensive study, analysis, the amendment in the Waqf has been taken to the opinion of all parties and the amendment has been finalized after considering their objections. The government said that the court does not have the right to stay directly or indirectly on the legal provisions of the law. This law has been made on the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee and before that it has been discussed for several hours in the House.
The Central Government, while requesting the Supreme Court, said that all the petitions filed against the Waqf Amendment Act should be dismissed. The Center also requested that it not prohibited any provision of the law yet. The amendment in the Waqf is not interfering with any person’s religious rights. The government said about the Waqf by user that for the last 100 years it has been recognized only on the basis of registration and amendment has been made on this basis.
In the affidavit, the government has said that no government land can be given to any religious community through Waqf. Through the amendment in the Waqf, the work of correcting the record of the land will be done so that the poor Muslims can get its benefit. Significantly, the Supreme Court, while hearing the petitions filed against the Waqf Amendment Act, sought a reply from the central government on the appointment of a non -Muslim person in the Waqf Parishad and the Waqf by user under the amendment law. The petitioners say that through the Waqf Amendment Act, the government is interfering in the religious matters of Muslims.
