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More than 70 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court against the new Waqf law.
The Supreme Court issued an important directive regarding the petitions filed against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The court has said that now only 5 petitions will be heard in this case, while the remaining 65 petitions will be added as intervention or party petitions.
The court has taken this decision in the court keeping in mind the high mob and the problems during the proceedings. The court also stated that the 5 petitions which will be heard, the petitioners themselves have been nominated by mutual consent, so that everyone can be kept in front and the hearing is systematically.
These 5 petitions also include the petition of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi. At the same time, the court has given 7 days time to the central government to file a reply. After the government’s reply, the petitioners will have to respond in 5 days. The next hearing will be held on May 5 at 2 pm.
At the same time, the court has changed the cousin of the case to ‘in: Waqf Amendment Act’. The case is heard by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjay Khanna, Justice PV Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Vishwanathan.
These 5 petitions including AIMIM Chief Owaisi will be heard
- Arshad Madakan– Islamic scholar and Darul Uloom is the current principal of Deoband.
- Muhammad Jamil– Known as a social worker.
- Mohammad Fazlurrahim – All India is the General Secretary of the Muslim Personal Law Board.
- Sheikh Nurul Hasan – Manipur is the MLA of the National People’s Party (NPP).
- Asaduddin Owaisi – AIMIM is president and Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad.
During the discussion on the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi tore the bill.
Maqbool petitioners and Agrawal Sarkar Nodal Advocate
Three nodal lawyers have also been appointed in this case. Advocate Ejaz Maqbool will be the nodal nodal lawyer on behalf of the petitioners. Advocate Kanu Agarwal will present the court in the court. At the same time, other petitioners, who have been added as the intervention, have been given the responsibility of Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain.
The next hearing of this important case will be held on 5 May 2025, in which interim orders will be considered. There has been a long -standing dispute over the amendments made in the Waqf Act, and now the Supreme Court hearing will make the constitutional situation on it further clear.
3 big things in the petition …
- The law violates Articles 14, 15, 25 (Religious Freedom), 26 (freedom of managing religious affairs), 29 (minority rights), and 300A (right to property).
- The inclusion of non-Muslims in the Waqf Board and the District Collector gives the right to decide the Waqf property.
- This law discriminates against the Muslim community, as there are no uniform restrictions on other religious trusts.
SG said- Closions cannot be stopped by reading immediately
In the court, Tushar Mehta said- We are accountable to people as government and Parliament. Is the bench considering to stop the act by reading some streams immediately. If the bench is going to stop any statutory provision, it will be rare.
You have to go into the history of law. A revised law has been made after millions of suggestions. There are many examples in which villages were grabbed in Waqf. Many private properties were taken to Waqf. The bench said that we are not taking final decisions.
CJI Khanna said, ‘This is a special situation. We pointed to some shortcomings. There are also some positive things. We do not want such a big change to affect the rights of the parties. For 5 years, I have been believing Islam, as there is a provision, but we are not stopping it. Courts usually do not stop laws, but the rights of individuals should not be affected.
Supreme Court expressed concern over violence
Jagdambika Pal- Waqf not religious, statutory body
On Waqf, the chairman of the parliamentary committee Jagdambika Pal said that the Waqf Board is not a religious, a legal and administrative institution. There is no constitutional restriction on including people from other communities. The Supreme Court has said in its own decision that Waqf is an administrative institution.
AIMPLB announces 87 days of performance
The first phase of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) ‘Waqf Rescue Campaign’ will start from April 11 and will run for 7 July i.e. 87 days. In this, 1 crore signatures will be made in protest against the Waqf law, which will be sent to PM Modi. After this, the strategy of the next phase will be decided.
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