The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Uttarakhand government to a contempt plea alleging demolition of a waqf property despite the pause on the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 assured by the Central government..A Bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih issued the notices after a contempt application was moved in an already pending plea against the recent changes to the Waqf Act.The Central government had assured the Court that it would not denotify any existing waqf or constitute waqf boards. .The contempt application, filed through Advocate Fuzail Ahmed Ayyubi, argues that the Hazrat Kamal Shah Dargah was demolished by the Dehradun administration late on April 25 without any notice or any proceedings."It is submitted that the Dargah Hazrat Kamal Shah was registered as Waqf Property bearing number 55, Dehradun with the Sunni Central Board of Waqfs, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in the year 1982 and then was also notified as Waqf in the Gazette dated 29.03.1986 and it is further also mapped in the Waqf Asset Management System of India (WAMSI) vide ID No. UKDD0055 [Waqf Dargah Hazrat Kamal Shah]," the plea stated.The demolition action is in the teeth of the Central government's assurance to the Court, it is argued."It is submitted that the offending action is undertaken on a drive conducted by Respondent No. 3 [City Magistrate Dehradun] and was in a joint operation by Respondent No. 2 [District Magistrate] and 4 [Municipal Commissioner]. Moreover, as the action is purportedly based upon a frivolous complaint made on the Chief Minister’s Portal, Respondent No. 1 is also impleaded."
