US EditionWaqf Case: Supreme Court Reserves Interim Orders on Three Issues; Details Here
- On Thursday, the Supreme Court, with a bench led by Chief Justice Gavai and Justice Masih, deferred its decision on interim relief concerning three matters raised in petitions against the Waqf Act, 2025.
- The petitions, filed under Article 32, contest the Act’s constitutionality arguing it undermines Muslim rights and targets waqf governance by restricting decision-making to officers above the district collector rank.
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta defended the Act, stating it aims to curb corruption, improve transparency, and that waqf boards perform secular functions allowing non-Muslims as members without interfering in religious matters.
- Mehta emphasized, "Nobody has the right over government land," citing a Supreme Court judgment that allows government reclamation of declared waqf properties to prevent misuse and encroachment.
- The reserved orders on waqf-by-user, denotification powers, and other aspects indicate ongoing judicial scrutiny of the Act’s impact on waqf property administration and religious autonomy.
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Waqf Case: Supreme Court reserves interim orders on three issues; details here
Before reserving the interim orders, a bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih heard senior advocates Kapil Sibal, Rajeev Dhavan and Abhishek Singhvi on behalf of those opposed to the amended waqf law and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre.
Waqf Not a Fundamental Right, Not Essential Part of Islam: Solicitor General in Supreme Court
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the government, told the court that waqf boards discharged “secular” functions and therefore, the inclusion of non-Muslims in them was permissible.
Waqf an Islamic concept but not essential part of faith, Centre tells Supreme Court
Waqf is an Islamic concept but not an essential part of the faith, the Union government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, reported Live Law.The statement came in response to a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Union government, told a bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih that waqf boards discharged secular …
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