Waqf Board

The constitutional validity of several sections of the Waqf Act, 1995 were challenged in the Delhi High Court on April 16, via Public Interest Litigation (PIL). According to the plaint, the Act provides special status to waqf properties, denying equal status to Trust, Mutt, Akharas and others. The plaint also claimed that the aforesaid Act violates Article 14 and 15, since Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists and other communities are… read-more

Wasim Rizvi, UP Central Shia Waqf Board Chairman, on December 6 converted to Hindu, leaving Islam. Mahant Narasimha Ananda Sarawati of Dasna Temple helped Rizvi to change his religion.  After conversion, Rizvi took a new name, Harbir Singh Narayan Tyagi. He also announced his will to be cremated as per Hindu rituals, instead of being buried and said his pyre to be lit by the Temple's Mahant in Ghaziabad.