Waqf Bill Case Likely To Be Heard In Supreme Court On April 15
Supreme Court is likely to hear challenges to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, passed by Parliament on April 15.
The Supreme Court is likely to hear the case filed against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 passed by Parliament last week on April 15. The contentious bill was passed by both the Houses of Parliament during the recently concluded Budget session following which leaders from several parties including Congress and Aam Aadmi Party along All India Muslim Personal Law Board moved the top court against the legislation.
Till now over 10 petitions have been filed in the apex court challenging the validity of the Act.
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh announced on Friday that the party will challenge the validity of the act as it has done for the Citizenship Amendment Act and several other legislations.
Subsequently, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Assauddin Owaisi, Congress MP Mohammad Jawed also moved petitions in the Supreme Court, so did the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.
Later, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan, the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu, and Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi were also added to the list.
CJI Agrees Matter For Urgent Hearing
On Monday, a bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan agreed to consider, listing for an urgent hearing, the plea of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Owaisi and others.
The Bill got President Droupadi Murmu's assent on Saturday after heated marathon debates in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
SQR Ilyas, the AIMPLB spokesperson stated the petition strongly objected to the amendments passed by Parliament for being "arbitrary, discriminatory and based on exclusion".
It argued that the amendments not only violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution of India but also clearly revealed the government's intention to take complete control over the administration of Waqf, therefore, sidelining the Muslim minority from managing their own religious endowments.
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