Overview

• The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, received presidential assent on April 5 and updated the 1995 law to mandate registration of religious endowments within six months.
• The UMEED portal will open on June 6 and require geo-tagged dimensions, property descriptions and beneficiary details for each Waqf site.
• Properties not registered by the deadline will be deemed disputed and referred to tribunals for resolution.
• The Centre is finalising rules in consultation with state governments to reshape Waqf board composition and oversight.
• Multiple petitions challenging the law are pending before the Supreme Court, which has not stayed the Act and has sought responses from the Centre.