SC Inquiry into Waqf Amendment Act – Today’s Waqf Act
The Supreme Court today will hear petitions that challenge the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act today. The two -member bench headed by Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Kawai will consider whether the implementation of the amended law until the end of the issue is finalized. Judge Augustine George Christ will be the second judge with CJI. The main purpose of the investigation is to provide interim relief to the petitioners, in which all sides will be presented before the court reach any interim decision.
The bench of the three judges, led by previous CJI Judge Sanjeev Khanna, decided that both sides would get two hours to keep their arguments on the issue. At the time of the determined, keep all the lawyers in the arguments. Both parties were asked to decide a nodal lawyer. The Muslim side has decided on the names of the five lawyers – Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Rajiv Dhawan, Salman Khurshid and Hujifa Ahmadi. Ezaz Maghpool is the nodal lawyers of petitioners who challenge the Waqf Act.
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The Center has given two major warranty to EC in Waqf Act
Rakesh Dwivedi, Maninder Singh, Ranjith Kumar, Ravindra Srivastava and Gopal Shankar Narayan are among the possible lawyers who support the law. The services of Vishnu Shankar Jain are taken as a nodal lawyer. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta has already assured the court that the controversial rules of the Waqf (Amendment) Act will not be implemented on behalf of the federal government. After the Supreme Court pointed out that the adjournment order was passed, the central government promised not to expand the rules relating to ‘Waqf user’ or not include non -Muslim members in the Waqf Board.
In a bench headed by the then Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, the Supreme Court consider three major issues: the process of announcing the Waqf assets, the chance to enroll non -Muslim members in Waqf companies and classification of government land as Waqf property. The Supreme Court issued the Central, State Governments and Waqf Board to file their initial response for a week.
The Supreme Court accepted five writ petitions as the main case
The Supreme Court has decided to accept five writ petitions as major cases. The Supreme Court has said that other petitions relating to the case will be considered intervention applications, and the Waqf (Amendment) Act, except in the registry, has been ordered to change the name of the reasons for action. The petitioners argued that the amended law was discriminating and violating the fundamental rights of the Muslim community.
On the contrary, the six BJP -ruled states supported the central government and described the amendments to the constitutional validity and necessary. The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was passed after a deep debate in both Houses of Parliament, on April 5, 2025, President RA Padi Murmu approved the bill, after which it became a law. The Supreme Court has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss petitions in its initial affidavit, and argue that the law does not violate the constitutional guarantees.
