The Communist Party of India (CPI) has transferred to the Supreme Court that questions the constitutional validity of the WAQF (amendment) law, 2025.
The left party has presented a request for court through its Secretary General of Raja, in which it has discussed that, despite the opposition of the masses, the WAQF bill (amendment) was approved by the center without the property of the members of Jembes of Jemed byite Review the bill) and the other interested parties.
The plea filed through the Ram Sankar lawyer in the Superior Court said that the amendment law, published on April 5 after the assent of the President, substantializes the autonomy of the WAQF Board and fundamentally transforms the framework of the WAQF Law, 1995.
“Authority without control is granted in the central government on the administration of the WAQF Board, thus violating the rights guaranteed in articles 25.26 and 29 of the Constitution,” said the CPI.
CJI LED Bank to listen to requests on April 16
Previously, several requests were presented in the Superior Court challenging the legislation for various reasons.
Recently, the actor-political and president of TVK, Vijay, challenged the legislation.
A bank headed by the president of the Supreme Court of India (CJI), Sanjiv Khanna, plans to listen to April 16 more than the requests for boxes, including that presented by the deputy of Aimim Asaduddin Owaisi, challenging the constitutional validity of WAQF.
Beenijnes The CJI, Judge Sanjay Kumar and Judge KV Viswanathan are part of the Tres Judges Bank established to listen to the requests, according to the Apex Court website.
In addition to the plea of Mr. Owaisi, the Superior Court has figured to listen to requests presented by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, the Association for the Protection of Civil Rights, Arshad Madani, Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema, Mohdman Salmani, Mohdyab Khan Salmani Rjd Leader Líder Look Jha.
Some other requests have not yet been listed before the bank by the registration of the Apex court.
On April 8, the center presented a warning in the Superior Court looking for an hearing before any order was approved in the matter.
One part is presented by the one in the higher courts and in the Apex court to ensure that orders are not approved without listening to it.
On April 8, the Government of the Union notified the WAQF Law (amendment), which recovered the consent of President Druguadi Murmu on April 5 after its approval in Parliament after heated debates in both chambers.
The legislation was approved in Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favor and 95 opposing it. He was authorized by Lok Sabha with 288 members who supported him, and 232 voting against him.
The Muslim Personal Law Board of All India (AIMPLB), Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, DMK, the parliamentarians of the Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohd Jaedwed Congress, and the CPI through its leader d roja are the other key petitioners.
The ruling DMK of Tamil Nadu also transferred to the Superior Court through its general secretary attached to Raja and said in a statement: “Despite the generalized opposition, the WAQF bill (amendment) was approved by the government of the Union without an adequate consideration of the objections raised by the members of the joint parliamentation and the other interested parties.”
The party said that the immediate implementation of the law violated and harmed the rights of about 50 Muslim LAKH in Tamil Nadu and 20 Muslim crore in other parts of the country.
In addition to political parties, Muslim bodies such as AIMPLB, Jamiat Ulama-Hind and Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema -ule-Ana religious organization of Sunni Muslim academics and clergymen in Kerala-Have presented separate pleas on the upper court.
In a press release, AIMPLB spokesman SQR Ilyas said that his request strongly objected the amendments approved by Parliament for being “arbitrary, discriminatory and exclusion base.”
The amendments, he said, not only violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution, but also clearly revealed the intention of the government to take total control over the WAQF administration, therefore, leaving the Muslim minority to manage their own religious endowments.
Articles 25 and 26 guarantee freedom of conscience, the right to practice, propagate religion and the right to establish and administer institutions for religious and charitable purposes, he said.
The deputy of the Congress Jaed claimed that the law imposed “arbitrary restrictions” to the properties of WAQF and its management, undermining the religious autonomy of the Muslim community.
In his separate plea, Aimim’s head, Owaisi, said the legislation moved away from WAQFS several protection granted to Waqfs, and Hindu religious and charitable endowments, Jainists and Sikh so much.
The Association for the Protection of Civil Rights, an NGO, also challenged the constitutional validity of the law in the Superior Court.
Delhi Mla Khan of AAP has sought the law declared non-stitionable, for violation or “articles 14, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300-A of the Constitution.”
Published – April 14, 2025 03:30 pm ist
