The Supreme Court would like to hear on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) a lot of requests, including that of the leader of Aimim Asaduddin Owaisi, against the constitutional valility of the WAQF Law (amendment), 2025.
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A bank of three judges comprising the president of the Supreme Court Sanjiv Khanna and Judges Sanjay Kumar and Kv Viswanathan, until now, enumerated 10 requests on the subject.
In Addition to Mr. Owaisi’s plea, The Court listed for hearing the petitions filed by aap leader amanatullah khan, Association for the Protection of Civil Rights, Arshad Madani, Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulemla, Anjum Kadari, Mohammad Khanalha and Mohammad and Mohammad Mohamhami and Mohamhami and Mohammad, and Salmanhi and Mohammad, and Salmanhiham and Mohammad, and Salmanhihihihih, and -Manhammad, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmanhihamd, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmani, and Salmani Salmanhihammad. RJD Buum Kumar JHA leader.
Several fresh supplications, which have not yet been listed, were subsequently presented in the Superior Court, including those presented by the deputy of TMC Mahua Moitra, deputy of the Samajwadi party of Sambhal, Zia-Ur-Uhman Barq.
The former main minister of Andhra Pradesh, Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Communist Party of India (IPC), the head of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, head and actor turned into a politician Vijay, also has the main court on the problem.
The lawyer Hari Shankar Jain and a Mania Munjal have also presented a separate request that defies the constitutional validity of several provisions of the law because they violate the fundamental rights of non -Muslims after which the CJI agreed to list it.
The center, on April 8, presented a warning in the Apex court and requested a 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.
The Muslim Personal Law Board of All India (AIMPLB), Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the parliamentarians of the Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammad congress are other key petitioners.
On April 7, a bank headed by the CJI assured Senior Kapil Sibal lawyer, which appeared for Jamiat Ulama-Hind, to consider enumerating the requests.
The states support the law
In a significant development, six states governed by BJP, including Madhya Pradesh and Assam, have approached the Supreme Court to support the constitutionality of the WAQF Law (amendment), 2025.
The six states of BJP, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Assam-Have presented separate supplications that highlight the possible administrative and legal ramifications if the WAQF (amendment) law is attacked.
Haryana, who has presented the intervention in the main petition, emphasized the urgent need for reform in WAQF property administration.
The state government pointed out persistent issues, such as incomplete properties surveys, lack of adequate accounting, long -standing cases in the WAQF courts and irregular or missing records of real estate mutations.
He said that the amended law seeks to bring a unified structure for WAQF management and guarantee greater supervision of mutawallis (custodians).
The Maharashtra government said that it is crucial to help the Apex court providing parliamentary records, recommendations of the national consultation committee and ideas.
He also promised to share comparative frameworks or laws of religious endowment throughout India together with empirical data that highlights the misuse and lack of transparency in the WAQF administration.
According to Madhya Pradesh’s plea, WAQF’s law aims to achieve significant reforms in governance and regulation of WAQF properties.
The State emphasized that the law provides a legally robust system based on technology that promotes transparency, responsibility and socioeconomic elevation of the expected beneficiaries.
The Rajasthan government raised Conerns about past practices where the properties, either privately or held the state, declared assets without due process.
The new provisions, he said, correct this ordering a 90 -day public notice in two newspapers widely circulated before said statement.
This movement, according to Rajasthan, guarantees transparency and procedural equity by giving affected stakeholders the opportunity to raise objections.
Chhattisgarh, in his plea, stressed the importance of simplifying administrative procedures and improving coordination between WAQF Boards and local authorities.
The creation of a digital portal for WAQF Property Management, the State said, will help better monitoring, identification and audit of assets, strengthening transparency in financial practices.
Assam’s pleaea attracted attention to section 3 of the amended law, which prohibits any land statement in scheduled or tribal areas, covered by the fifth or sixth schedule of the Constitution, as owned by WAQF.
The State pointed out that eight of its 35 districts fall at the sixth schedule and, therefore, has a direct participation in the result of the case.
The Uttarakhand Waqf Board, which has been supporting the WAQF (amendment) law, has also submitted an application in the Supreme Court that seeks permission to intervene in the writing request presented by Owaisi that challenges the constitutional validity of the law.
The bill 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 against him.
Published – April 16, 2025 07:26 am ist
