22 May 2025 3:41 PM IST Dhavan: waqf by user recognised in Babri masjid gone; question on scheduled area- learned solicitor argued its a constitutional classification but its regards area. but can you say to a Muslim in that area that you cannot create waqf? you fundamentally altered the waqf prospectively or retrospectively Source link
The Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the recently passed Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The new law amended the Waqf Act, 1995, to address the regulation of Waqf properties, that is, religious endowments or properties dedicated exclusively for religious or charitable purposes under Islamic law. A slew of petitions were filed challenging the amendment’s … Read more
21 May 2025 2:28 PM IST SG Mehta: Waqf by user not permitted henceforth, except 1. registered; 2. private property- governed by competent court adjudication and no person can say irrespective, it will remain waqf by user 3. Gov property- what will be the effect of stay? [reads his affidavit- not only defeat but also … Read more
Justice M Nagaprasanna remarked that the government should not have granted permission for such protests. “State shall bear in mind that the matter is seized by the apex court qua the amendment to the Waqf Act and the protest of this kind should not be permitted,” the Court said. It ordered the Karnataka government to ensure … Read more
Advocate Ejaz Maqbool is the nodal counsel for the petitioners. Advocate Kanu Agrawal is the nodal counsel for the respondents/ government. Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain has been appointed as the nodal counsel for the applicants. The case will be known not by the name of any of the petitioners but by the causetitle In Re: … Read more
File picture of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju said in New Delhi on Thursday (April 17, 2025) that not following or implementing an Act passed by the Parliament of India was “untenable”, while referring to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Mr. Rijiju’s statement comes in … Read more
Meanwhile, the State government blamed the Centre for the violence, arguing that it was them who passed the law, which is encroaching on the rights of around 30 crore people. Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandyopadhyay said even the Supreme Court has taken the view that certain provisions of the Act must be stayed, while the challenge … Read more
“If eight are Muslims, two may be judges’ who might not be Muslims. That leaves a majority of non-Muslims. How is this consistent with the religious character of the institution?” the bench asked. The tensions briefly escalated when the law officer appeared to question the neutrality of the all-Hindu judicial bench. “When we sit here, … Read more
While hearing a batch of petitions challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, the Supreme Court on Wednesday proposed to pass an interim order with the following directions : 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 … Read more
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 Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan will hear the petitions at 2 PM. Over seventy petitions have been listed before the bench. AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, … Read more