Mumbai, April 10 -- In first challenge to Unified Management Empowerment Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Act, 2025 after it came into force on April eight, a Mumbai resident Muhammed Jameel Merchant has moved the Supreme Court.
This is the first petition from Mumbai challenging the new law.
Last week, the Parliament had passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which amended the Waqf Act, 1995, after which President Droupadi Murmu gave ascent to the UMEED Act, which has now been notified by the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre.
Merchant has made Union of India as a respondent, through Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Minority Affairs and Ministry of Law & Justice.
Advocate Ejaz Maqbool, along with Adv Burhan Bukha...