New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court today refused to urgently list for hearing an interim plea challenging the mandatory registration of all waqfs, including waqf-by-users, under the new digital framework introduced by the Centre.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai reminded counsel that interim orders in the waqf case had already been reserved on May 22 and said no fresh application could be entertained at this stage.
The plea was mentioned in the backdrop of the Centre's launch of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Central Portal on June 6.
The portal seeks to create a digital inventory of all waqf properties after geo-tagging them and mandates uploading details of all registered waq...