JPC seeks info on disputed waqf properties

NEW DELHI: The JPC on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, has sought details of disputed waqf properties from state governments. JPC will also seek an update on observations made in Sachar Committee report on Waqf properties that were allegedly in unauthorised occupation, as per information shared by various state Waqf boards with the committee in 2005-06.

On Thursday, the JPC chaired by BJP MP Jagdambika Pal held a meet, its first after it was granted an extension till last week of budget session next year. Officials from ministries of minority affairs and law and justice appeared before JPC Thursday to respond to queries raised by its various members.

"The replies run into 887 pages and will be scrutinised over the next few days," Pal said. The JPC will be meeting again on December 11 and December 12.

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