Supreme Court turns down plea for more time to upload details of waqf on portal

“Our attention has been drawn to Section 3B(1) proviso. Since the remedy before the tribunal is available, we allow the petitioners to approach the tribunal,” said a bench of justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih.

Senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the applicants seeking additional time, cited glitches in the portal and said the details could not be uploaded.

The Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development portal was launched on June 6 as a single digital platform to streamline the waqf management by ensuring real-time data collection and open access to verified information. The six-month period for registration of the properties expires on December 6.