AIMPLB Moves Supreme Court Seeking Suspension Of UMEED Portal Amid Waqf Act Challenge

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking suspension of the UMEED Portal during the pendency of cases challenging the Waqf Act 2025. UMEED is short for Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995.

In a statement, the AIMPLB said they have asked the court to either stay the portal or direct the central government to withdraw its notification, terming the move "illegal" and "contempt of court."

Dr S Q R Ilyas, national spokesperson of AIMPLB, said that despite repeated appeals, the government launched the portal on June 6, making registration of Waqf properties mandatory on the site. "This puts unlawful pressure on mutawallis (caretakers of the trusts) and undermines the reliefs being sought in the Supreme Court," he said.

AIMPLB, which had earlier asked Muslim trusts not to use the portal till the Supreme Court gives a verdict on the appeal against the Waqf Act, 2025, said there are several legal and constitutional flaws in the portal, pointing out that the law is already under judicial review and has been widely opposed by Muslims, opposition parties, human rights groups, civil society, and minority communities including Sikhs and Christians.