Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare Minister S. M. Nasar on Saturday announced that the state government will not reconstitute the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board under the amended Waqf Act until the Supreme Court delivers its final verdict.

Nasar said the Union government had brought in the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 1995—renamed as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995—which came into effect on April 8, 2025. The ruling DMK, he added, has opposed the legislation from the outset and has challenged it before the apex court.

“Several other stakeholders have also filed petitions against the new law. Considering these, the Supreme Court passed an interim order on September 15, staying certain provisions of the amended Act,” Nasar

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