Jammu, April 20 -- For the Congress, the relief from Supreme Court is limited, outcome uncertain
By Sushil Kutty
Who won and who lost? The anti-waqf amendments lobby claims the government was forced to eat crow and give an undertaking to protect the status of notified and registered Waqf properties, including the all-important waqf-by-user properties. The government also had to promise not to appoint any non-Muslim to the Waqf Council or waqf boards till the final verdict.
The pro-amendments lobby said the government won the day as there's no stay on the Act and the fight continues against properties that haven't been notified and registered. So, it's a Mexican Standoff, neither side a clear victor. AIMIM Chief Asadsuddin Owaisi, the fir...