‘… if you asked for Imambara of Lucknow tomorrow’, why did Sibal say this to CJI Gawai?

The petitioners challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 said in the Supreme Court that if a land was given 200 years ago, then how can the government ask for it back. Will I also withdraw Imambara of Lucknow? Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai has said a very important thing on his argument. He has objected to the compulsory property and registration of Waqf by user in the new law. One of them to say that where will such old documents come from and if there are no documents, then the property will be disputed and this will eliminate the possession of Waqf. According to the report of the bar and bench, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal has argued by Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai and Justice Augustin George Christ while favoring the petitioners. He said that the rights of a community have been taken away. There are many cemeteries in the country, which are more than two hundred years old. Now after 200 years, the government is saying that this is our land, so return it. ‘How can you ask for land after 200 years, Kapil Sibal’s Dallakpil Sibal said that the Muslim community went to the government and he said that we wanted the cemetery and they were given land. He said that now 200 years have passed and the government is saying that return our land, the cemeteries cannot be withdrawn like this. Kapil Sibal told the court that think that tomorrow it should happen about the Imambara of Lucknow, this is a big thing. What did CJI Gawai say to Kapil Sibal? CJI Gawai said to Kapil Sibal, ‘But if there was registration under the 1923 Act, it would not have happened. It is not that registration from 1923 to 1925 or 100 years never existed. Justice Christ asked that it means that as soon as there was a dispute over a property and the property will not remain the Waqf till the final report comes. Kapil Sibal agreed to the judge and said that and the collector has been given the responsibility of investigation, according to his decision, the property will go near him. What is the objection to the petitioners on the Waqf law? The petitioners object to the new Waqf Act that any Waqf Property can claim, then it will be investigated and the Waqf’s possession will end as soon as the investigation starts. When the decision comes, it will be known who has the right over the property. He says that the government official has also been given the responsibility of deciding and investigating whether the property belongs to the government. Also read:-Hearing in the Supreme Court on the law law: ‘Islam will remain Islam, no matter what …’, Justice Christ said while interrupting Tushar Mehta in the middle

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