{"id":346897,"date":"2025-05-01T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=346897"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:45:44","slug":"legislation-roundup-april-2025-legal-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/01\/legislation-roundup-april-2025-legal-update\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGISLATION ROUNDUP APRIL 2025: Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Custom clearance of imports; Increased excise duty on petrol; and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<h2>WAQF (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2025 TO ACT<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Lok Sabha passes Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 is passed in Lok Sabha on 3-4-2025 and was tabled in Lok Sabha on 2-4-2025 by Minister of Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, proposing revision of several clauses in the existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835345\" target=\"_blank\">Waqf Act, 1995<\/a> which governs the administration of waqf properties in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/04\/03\/proposed-amendment-of-waqf-amendment-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Rajya Sabha passes Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Rajya Sabha passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 on 4-4-2025 which was introduced in Rajya Sabha on 3-4-2025 by Minister of Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju proposing revision of several clauses in the existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835345\" target=\"_blank\">Waqf Act, 1995<\/a> which governs the administration of waqf properties in India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%; text-align: right; font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/04\/04\/rajya-sabha-passes-waqf-amendment-bill-legal-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Waqf (Amendment) Bill receives President&#8217;s assent; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835345\" target=\"_blank\">Waqf Act, 1995<\/a> will now be known as UMEED Act, 1995<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">On 5-4-2025, President gives assent to Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to amend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002835345\" target=\"_blank\">Waqf Act, 1995<\/a>. 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