From minority rights to autonomy under the Fifth Schedule, the Waqf (Amendment) Act fails the scrutiny of constitutional morality

The legislation potentially threatens the guarantees enshrined under Articles 26, 25, 21, and 14 and also the procedural safeguards supplied by the Fifth Schedule
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Narender Nagarwal

Dr Narender Nagarwal is a law professor at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. His primary research areas include constitutional law, minority rights and citizenship law. He is a regular contributor to some of India's leading law journals and newspapers, and he works extensively to strengthen secularism, democracy, civil liberties and the rule of law.

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