CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -It was set up in 1964 as per the provision given in the Waqf Act, 1954 as a National Level Apex Advisory Body to the Central Government on matters concerning the working of the Waqf Boards and the due administration of Awqaf in the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -Central Waqf Council, India is an Indian statutory body established in 1964 by the Government of India under the Waqf Act, 1954 (now a subsection of the Waqf Act, 1995) for the purpose of advising it on matters pertaining to the working of the State Waqf Boards and proper administration of the Waqfs in the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Waqf Act was first passed by Parliament in 1954. Subsequently it was repealed and a new Waqf Act was passed in 1995 which gave more powers to Waqf Boards. In 2013, this Act was further amended to give unlimited powers to Waqf Boards to snatch anyone’s property, which even could not be challenged in any court of law.

Detailed explanation-4: -THE WAKF ACT, 1954 ACT NO. 29 OF 1954 1* [21st May, 1954.] An Act to provide for the better administration and supervision of wakfs. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-CHAP. PRELIMINARY CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and commencement.