A total of 12 petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the amendments immediately after Parliament passed the Waqf Bill on Friday
Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday declined an urgent hearing on pleas challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, saying that “there’s a system in place” to handle such matters.
Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna said the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 will be listed for hearing in due course.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the plea filed by Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madani before a bench led by Chief Justice Khanna.
In its petition, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has said that the law was a “direct attack on the country’s Constitution, which not only provides equal rights to its citizens but also grants them complete religious freedom”.
A total of 12 petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the amendments immediately after Parliament passed the Waqf Bill on Friday.
Questioning the need for repeated oral mentions, the Chief Justice said, “Why are you mentioning when we have a system in place?” He assured that the matter would be reviewed in the afternoon and the “needful will be done.”
The petition challenges the constitutional validity of the newly notified Act and seeks directions to the Centre to defer bringing the law into force.
Kapil Sibal urged the bench to consider listing the matter urgently, highlighting concerns raised by multiple petitions. However, the CJI reiterated that all urgent matters would be placed before him in the afternoon and that the court would “take a call on listing” them accordingly.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board has also filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the Waqf Amendment Act.
