Lucknow, Dec. 11 -- Four days after the official deadline ended on December 6, the Uttar Pradesh Waqf Tribunal on Wednesday granted Waqf institutions associated with the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board a six-month extension to upload their documents on the UMEED portal.

The relief came after the Board had lodged an application with the Tribunal requesting the same, as documents of around 40,000 Waqf Institutions were not uploaded within the stipulated time frame.

Sharing more details, Board chairman Zufar Ahmad Faruqi said. "The UP Sunni Central Waqf Board had submitted an application under section 3B to the honourable Waqf tribunal seeking extension of time to upload documents on the UMEED portal as its deadline ended on December 6. We are...