AIMPLB hails Tamil Nadu's decision to not rejig waqf board till SC's final verdict
New Delhi (PTI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Saturday hailed the Tamil Nadu government's decision to not re-constitute the state waqf board under the new Waqf Act until the Supreme Court delivers its final judgment on the matter.
The AIMPLB congratulated Chief Minister M K Stalin on the "courageous" initiative on behalf of Indian Muslims and all "justice-seeking" people.
"The decision ensures that the state will not reorganise the Waqf Board under the new law until the Supreme Court's final verdict is issued," AIMPLB spokesperson SQR Ilyas said.
He said the AIMPLB appeals to other state governments to take similar decisions and uphold secular and democratic values of the Constitution.
Minorities and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Minister S M Nasar on Saturday asserted that the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board would not be reconstituted till the Supreme Court has pronounced its final judgment on the challenge to the Waqf law amendment
He also termed the Waqf Amendment Act "hastily enforced" by the Union government.
The minister said the DMK government always opposed tampering with the Waqf law, and the state government also went to the Supreme Court, challenging the amendment, which resulted in the apex court passing an interim order on September 15, staying select provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act.
According to the Centre, the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development (UMEED) Act, 2025, the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 aims to improve governance by enhancing transparency in Waqf property management.
On September 17, the AIMPLB announced a roadmap for its Save Waqf Campaign.
As part of the campaign, it had said that on October 3 from 8 am to 2 pm, Muslims will keep their businesses, offices, and establishments closed as a mark of protest.
Medical stores will, however, remain open, it said.
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Judiciary needs to function like 24x7 hospitals to address common man's pain, aspirations: CJI
Jabalpur (PTI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Saturday said it was time for the judiciary to address the pain and aspirations of the common man through an immediate relief-giving mechanism, and stressed the need for the judicial system to function like hospitals that work round-the-clock.
He said technology was the only effective answer to wastage of judiciary's time, and called for deepening technology and artificial intelligence (AI)-based judicial architecture to expedite justice delivery.
The CJI was speaking at a programme organised by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on "Fragmentation to fusion, Empowering justice via united digital platform integration". He also launched the high court's newly-developed digital platforms.
"Indian judiciary is committed to ensuring optimum utilisation of not only technological advancements that have been going on and which are integral part of our system since 1990, but also of latest AI designs and how we can use them for the benefit of the common man," he said.
"We should think of deepening technology and AI-based judicial architecture. Technology is the only effective answer to wasting judicial time," CJI Kant said.
The time has come when the judiciary needs to address the aspirations, requirements, demands, pain and agony of the common man through an immediate relief-giving system, he said.
"For that, the judiciary needs to work like hospitals that function 24x7," he added.
Recalling the COVID-19 pandemic, the CJI said the Indian judiciary was praised globally for discharging its constitutional duties during difficult times.
"We did not close our courts," he said, elaborating on how technology enabled courts to conduct urgent hearings during the pandemic.
He stressed the need to make use of technological advancements in judiciary for expediting the justice delivery system.
Praising Madhya Pradesh HC for developing digital platforms, the CJI said that as stated by the Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, there was a need to roll out these technological advancements at the pan-India level.
A committee has been constituted by the Supreme Court on how to use AI for the benefit of the judicial system, especially in speedy disposal of cases, according to him.
Minister Meghwal, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and MP High Court Chief Justice Sanjeev Sabharwal also spoke on the occasion.
