New Delhi, April 17 -- As the Supreme Court raised concerns over some provisions in the recently passed Waqf Amendment Act, Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain on Thursday questioned the basis of "Waqf-by-user" concept and and said that efforts must be made to "bring back" properties that were acquired on the basis of it.

"There was a Shiv Temple, which was demolished in Delhi, and it was said that lord Shiva didn't need our protection; the Supreme Court later upheld this decision... If temple-by-user and church-by-user are not a thing, why should Waqf-by-user exist? Instead, the concept Waqf-by-user should be stayed, and efforts should be made to bring back properties acquired on the basis of this concept," Jain told ANI.

He defended the prov...