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All India Muslim Private Law Commission (AIMPLB) accused the Centre of incorrect data submitted to the Supreme Court in the WAQF case and sought lawsuits against officials who filed “false affidavits” for the officials concerned.
The board expressed serious opposition to the government's statement, saying there was a “shocking increase” in the number of WAQF properties uploaded on the central portal after 2013.
AIMPLB accused the Center of placing incorrect data and sought action against officials who filed “false affidavits” about the Ministry of Ethnic Minority Affairs.
“It seems that the Federation of India has proposed in its affidavit that all properties registered as WAQF before 2013 were uploaded immediately to the WAMSI portal when it started operations. On page 158, the first column, titled 2013, the properties Refly in the Waqf properties Refledies in the in properties in cyply in consection in consection in consection in consecloved in in consecloved in in in Copjected Properties is Mis chisteties is Convisibles is Convisibles.
“The memorandum of the fightback vector does not frankly state that it appears that the statement has been carefully avoided that all registered WAQF attributes were uploaded to the web portal in 2013. Since this critical aspect is missing in the affidavit of the chart itself, the sanctity of the chart itself is very doubtful.”
It said the affidavit must be submitted, noting that the quantity of property reflected on the WAQF Management System of India (WAMSI) project portal contains all registered WAQFs, such as 2013.
“So, since 2013, the 'shocking' claim of the number of WAQF property is not supported, and huge charges have been filed in the complaint. The honor court has the right to remove such complaints.”
The Centre defended the WAQF Act in the Supreme Court on April 25 and opposed any “blanket accommodation” of the court for “the presumption of constitutionality passed by parliament.”
In the preliminary 1,332-page affidavit, the Centre urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the validity of the WAQF (Amendment) Act of 2025, pointing to a “naughty false narrative” surrounding certain provisions of the law.
The government claims that the country's “shocking growth” of WAQF property volumes has reached 116% since 2013. It also objected to the argument against the “WAQF” on April 8 “necessary registration of the WAQF”, saying that the provision interfered in an interim order that it would be linked to “establishing a legislative body by the judicial order.”
On April 17, the Centre assured the top court that it would neither make WAQF properties (including the “WAQF” property of “users” nor would it boil down to the Central WAQF committee and board of directors from May 5 to May 5.
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