In a major setback to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a few provisions in the Waqf Amendment Act.
The court stayed the provision enabling an officer designated by the government to determine the dispute whether the Waqf property has encroached a government property.
The provision that a person should be a practitioner of Islam for five years to create a Waqf has also been stayed. The stay will be in force till the state governments frame rules on determining whether a person is a practitioner of Islam.
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