The Supreme Court on Monday, December 1, 2025, refused to extend the deadline for uploading details of registered waqf properties on the government’s UMEED portal. The portal, launched on June 6, aims to create a digital record of all waqf properties in India. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih said petitioners can approach the relevant waqf tribunals for relief. The Court made clear it would not rewrite Section 3B(1) of the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995 to extend the six-month deadline. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the petitioners, sought permission to return to the Supreme Court if problems persisted. Justice Datta welcomed future petitions if issues arose during the process. The petitioners had raised concerns that the UMEED portal was faulty and failing to record uploads, risking loss of waqf property after the December 6 deadline. In September 2025, the Supreme Court did not stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. It noted that registration of waqfs has been mandatory since 1923, saying, “if Mutawallis for a period of 102 years could not get the waqf registered, as required under the earlier provisions, they cannot claim that they be allowed to continue with the waqf even if they are not registered.” The Court’s ruling keeps the December 6 deadline firm for all waqf registrations on the UMEED portal.