The report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 is scheduled to be tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
As per the List of Business of Lok Sabha for Monday, JPC chairman and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Jagdambika Pal and panel member Sanjay Jaiswal will table the report in the Lower House.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 aims to bring significant reforms, including digitisation of records, stricter audits, increased transparency, and legal mechanisms to reclaim illegally occupied Waqf properties.
Also read: JPC Chair submits final report on Waqf Bill to Parliament
The latest development came days after the JPC that scrutinised the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024 submitted its final report on the Bill to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
It may be mentioned here that on January 30, Pal, along with other panel members — Nishikant Dubey, Tejasvi Surya, Jaiswal, and others, — submitted the panel’s report to Birla at his Parliament House office. No Opposition members were present during the handing over of the report.
After submitting the report to the Speaker, the JPC chairman lauded the members of the committee for their “significant contribution”— to the constitution of the Bill.
Pal said over the last five months, the committee conducted several meetings and met hundreds of delegations across the nation, adding that a report has been made after detailed deliberation and several cross-examinations.
“In the last five months, we conducted 38 meetings, met 250 delegations and members, met former judges, vice-chancellors… Report has been made after detailed deliberations.
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