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Union Minister of Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju connected Friday (December 5, 2025) announced that the Centre volition not enforce penalties oregon instrumentality strict enactment against mutawallis registering properties connected the UMEED portal nether the Waqf instrumentality for the adjacent 3 months, pursuing the registration deadline.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Rijiju said respective MPs and societal leaders had requested an hold of the December 5 deadline, but the Supreme Court declined to assistance it aft the six-month deadline.
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The Union Minister urged the mutawallis to attack the tribunal, arsenic nether the Waqf (Amendment) Act, it has the authorization to assistance an extension. Kiren Rijiju said, "After making the Waqf Law, we had launched the UMEED portal and a six-month duration was fixed to the parties acrophobic to registry each the Waqf properties connected the portal.
Today is the past day, and lakhs of properties person inactive not been registered. Many MPs and societal leaders came to maine requesting an hold of the deadline. Till now, much than 1.5 lakh Waqf properties person been registered connected the UMEED Portal."
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"I guarantee each mutawallis that for the adjacent 3 months, we volition not enforce immoderate penalties oregon instrumentality immoderate strict enactment connected those who registry connected the 'UMEED' Portal. If you are incapable to register, I petition that you spell to the tribunal. The Supreme Court was wide connected its instructions that the day cannot beryllium extended aft the six-month deadline, but the tribunal has the authorization to widen it further by up to six months," helium added.
Mr. Rijiju emphasised that portion the Centre volition supply "maximum relief," it remains bound by the law. "We effort our champion to springiness the maximum alleviation to our people, but immoderate things are bound by law. Since the Parliament has passed the Waqf Amendment Act, we cannot alteration the law," helium said.
Earlier connected Monday (December 1, 2025), the Supreme Court refused to entertain pleas seeking hold of the 'six-month deadline' clip for the registration of Waqf properties arsenic per the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih suggested that the applicants question the said alleviation by filing applications earlier the Waqf Tribunal, arsenic per the 2025 Act.
