In the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, 12 individuals were acquitted by a two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court, which gave a detailed 667-page judgement. The Maharashtra government approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the high court’s final judgement. It contended that the observations made in the verdict could potentially affect other […]
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Amendments to Restrict Creating New Waqfs – Published in TheIndiaForum.in – Published in TheIndiaForum.in
The new waqf law is worrying because it grants unchecked administrative power without any clear standards for fair action. It applies unevenly across religions and provides a potentially biased bureaucracy with a tool to obstruct new waqfs. The second in a series on the 2025 amendment. In earlier articles in this publication, I touched on […]
Government’s Presumptive Claim on Waqf Properties – Published in TheIndiaForum.in
The Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025 has been challenged on constitutional grounds. In the first of a series of articles examining important issues raised by the amendment, a discussion here on the statutory powers that have been given to public authorities to intervene in the waqfs. The Lok Sabha approved the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 […]
Wakf Reforms, or a Bid to Control Waqf Properties? – Published in TheIndiaForum.in
All faiths in India have institutions for charity, all are governed by unique laws, so too the Waqf. While waqfs need reform, the 2024 Amendment Bill, unlike past laws, seeks not to improve governance, but to facilitate government control — a case of discrimination in the present political milieu. What is a waqf? How can a […]
Homogeneity Under UCC Can Be Tricky Legal Terrain – Published in The Hindustan Times
The political push for UCC wants to create a homogeneous class of citizens in a diverse society. But such homogeneity is tricky legal terrain. With Kerala becoming the second state to pass a resolution against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) after Mizoram, and the Law Commission of India sifting through roughly five million responses on the possibility […]
Remembering Zafaryab Jilani, Babri Masjid dispute lawyer and true community leader – Published in the Indian Express
After the Babri Masjid case was transferred to Lucknow in 1989, he devoted all his time to the litigation, fully committing to the cause