https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=31846 The Joint Parliamentary Committee adopted a majority report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 endorsing amendments that expand Waqf board composition to include non Muslims and one Muslim OBC member, permit separate boards for specific communities, and broaden beneficiary categories to include women, pasmanda Muslims, widows, divorced women and orphans; it allows income from Waqf Alal Aulad to aid these beneficiaries if specified by the waqif. The report makes omission of the "Waqf by user" definition prospective and shifts enquiry authority in disputes from the district collector to a state designated senior officer, while opposition members lodged dissent citing Article 26 concerns. en-us Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:46:02 +0530 Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:46:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=31846 The Joint Parliamentary Committee adopted a majority report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 endorsing amendments that expand Waqf board composition to include non Muslims and one Muslim OBC member, permit separate boards for specific communities, and broaden beneficiary categories to include women, pasmanda Muslims, widows, divorced women and orphans; it allows income from Waqf Alal Aulad to aid these beneficiaries if specified by the waqif. The report makes omission of the "Waqf by user" definition prospective and shifts enquiry authority in disputes from the district collector to a state designated senior officer, while opposition members lodged dissent citing Article 26 concerns. News - Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:46:02 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=31846