India, Aug. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Saturday sought the Centre's response to a plea filed by the Kerala Waqf Board seeking an extension of time to upload details of nearly 25,000 of the 60,000 Waqf properties in the state onto a centralised portal maintained by the Centre.

While the Board requested an interim direction, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant remarked, "You are also taking it leisurely," noting the statutory mandate under Section 3-B of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act (UMEED), 2025, which requires the verification and uploading exercise on the UMEED portal to be completed within six months. The same provision further provides that an extension of time can be ...