Public views & suggestions invited on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024

The Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 has invited views and suggestions from the public, NGOs, experts, stakeholders and institutions. The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued a press communique in this regard. It said, those desirous of submitting written suggestions to the Committee can send two copies either in English or in Hindi to Joint Secretary (JM), Lok Sabha Secretariat, Room No. 440, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi- 110001 and also email to jpcwaqf-lss@sansad.nic.in. 

The suggestions should reach within 15 days from the date of the publication of the advertisement. As per the communique, the memoranda or suggestions submitted to the Committee would form part of the records of the Committee and would be treated as



‘confidential and enjoy privileges of the Committee. Those, desirous of appearing before the Committee, besides submitting memoranda, are requested to specifically indicate so. However, the Committee’s decision in this regard will be final.

The Text of ‘The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024’ is available on the Lok Sabha website in hindi and english. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill which was introduced in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session, was referred to the Joint Committee of  Parliament, constituted under the Chairmanship of Lok Sabha MP Jagdambika Pal, for examination. The Committee is scheduled to report on the Bill to the House by the last day of the first week of the Winter Session of Parliament this year.