New Delhi: The Central government, as announced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday, will not impose penalties or strict action for delayed registration of Waqf properties on the UMEED portal for three months beyond the December 5 deadline.

Rijiju stated the decision follows requests from Members of Parliament and community representatives, citing difficulties faced by mutawallis, custodians of Waqf properties, in completing registrations. However, he clarified that while requests for deadline extension were made to the Supreme Court, the court declined to extend beyond the six-month window provided by law.

Rijiju noted that since the UMEED portal launch, over 1.5 lakh out of nearly nine lakh Waqf properties have been registered, with Karnataka leading at about 50,00

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