Challenge To Waqf Amendment Act 2025 : Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing
The Supreme Court will hear today a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih will hear the matter. The matter was heard twice by a bench comprising former CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan, where the Court proposed interim orders:1. The...
The Supreme Court will hear today a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih will hear the matter.
The matter was heard twice by a bench comprising former CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan, where the Court proposed interim orders:
1. The properties declared by Courts as Waqfs should not be de-notified as Waqfs, whether they are by waqf-by-user or waqf by deed, while the Court is hearing the matter.
2. The proviso of the Amendment Act, as per which a Waqf property will not be treated as a Waqf while the Collector is conducting an inquiry on whether the property is a Government land, will not be given effect to.
3. All Members of the Waqf Boards and Central Waqf Council must be Muslims, except the ex-officio members.
After which, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made a statement that no waqf by user shall be denotified till the hearing is pending:
However, the bench ultimately send the petitions to CJI Gavai's bench considering former CJI Khanna's retirement on May 13:
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the matter will be heard next Tuesday for interim relief
SG Mehta: on lighter note, please stop the livestreaming of this matter
Sr Adv CU Singh: we have to subordinate our personal thing for large issue..
Advocate: I am all requesting that 5 petitions may not be limited to senior counsels
SG Mehta: it has also been decided
Sibal: assurance continues?
CJI: SG has already made a statement
SG Mehta: in one line, he wants to say we have been waiting for long for interim relief for 1995 Act and he was asked to go to the high court
CJI: Tuesday
SG Mehta: argue when your turn comes
CJI: Don't mix the issue [Mr Jain], we will not consider any interim relief for the 1995 Act
Advocate: my grievance, waqf tribunal which is unconstitutional is still there
CJI: if they are existing since 1995 and if its not challenged
SG Mehta: Mr Jain, let's us not deviate
CJI: how can we permit you to challenge the 1995 Act in the 2025 Act?
CJI: We will give you 2 hours, you divide...
Advocate: there is also challenge to 1995 Act
CJI: we are here for interim relief
Advocate: we are also aggrieved
CJI: We will go by last order
CJI: this way we will not be in a position to begin
SG Mehta: this was the reason the court considered the nomenclature would be In Re Waqf Amendment