The Supreme Court is going to pronounce its order on the issue of interim relief in a group of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 on Monday. A bench of India’s Chief Justice BR Gawai and Justice Augustine George Christ reserved their order on 22 May on petitions to ban the provisions of the law. According to the Supreme Court agenda, the CJI will pronounce orders in the case registered as the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 on Monday, September 15 at 10.30 am.
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The court heard arguments for three days, in which the Center argued that only legal proposals or fictional arguments are not sufficient to curb the implementation of the law duly passed by the Parliament. On behalf of the Center, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta claimed that the Waqf management has misused the monuments, built rooms for shops and made unauthorized changes. The Center had earlier assured that any Waqf property, including the assets installed by the user, would not be non-obliged. He also said that under the Act of 2025, non-Muslims would not be appointed in the Central Waqf Council or State Waqf boards.
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On 25 April, the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs filed an initial affidavit defending the amended Waqf Act, 2025. The Center had opposed any complete ban by the court on any law with the perception of constitutionality passed by the Parliament. The Supreme Court had said that only five petitions in this case would be considered as the main petition. The apex court said that other writ petitions would be considered as an intervention petition. More than 100 petitions were filed against the 2025 Act.