Attorney General (AG) K.K. Venugopal on August 2 accused the Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs in the Supreme Court of "targeting" him through a "serious, uncalled for and unwarranted attempt" to remove him as its lawyer at the last minute in a sensitive case.
The Board, a statutory body, superintends Waqf property running into acres and worth crores in the State. Mr. Venugopal was representing the Board in a batch of petitions on the seminal question whether every charitable trust established by a person practising Islam was necessarily a Waqf
Waqf is the property given in the name of God for religious and charitable purposes.
