Waqf Amendment Act Supreme Court hearing highlights: Centre says won’t denotify properties, SC grants it 7 days to reply to pleas

During the previous hearing, the Chief Justice went on to propose a three-point interim order to “balance equities” on all sides in the case. Firstly, he suggested that properties already declared waqf by courts need not, for the time being, be de-notified or treated as non-waqf properties. These would include properties categorised as ‘waqf-by-user’ or … Read more

Waqf Amendment Act Supreme Court hearing LIVE: CJI-led Bench to continue hearing petitions on the contentious law

During the previous hearing, the Chief Justice went on to propose a three-point interim order to “balance equities” on all sides in the case. Firstly, he suggested that properties already declared waqf by courts need not, for the time being, be de-notified or treated as non-waqf properties. These would include properties categorised as ‘waqf-by-user’ or … Read more

Waqf Amendment Act Supreme Court hearing LIVE: Hearing on pleas challenging Waqf law to continue today

The Supreme Court yesterday took strong note of an analogy drawn by the Centre in support of the inclusion of non-Muslims in waqf boards and the argument that by that logic, a bench of Hindu judges should not be hearing pleas related to waqf. “Are you suggesting that minorities, including Muslims, should also be included … Read more