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Appearing for the center and referring to protests against Waqf’s law (amendment), 2025, Platista General Tushar Mehta said it should not be a phenomenon that violence can be used to press in such matters
Vehicles headed on the site amid protests against the WAQF (amendment) law, 2025, in Murshidabad. (Image: PTI)
The Supreme Court expressed Conern on the violence in the Parganas of Murshidabad and South 24 of Western Bengal, after the promulgation of the WAQF law (amendment). He said he was disturbing when he was seized of matters.
“One thing that is very disturbing is the violence. The matter is before the court and we will decide; this should not happen,” said Supreme Court Sanjiv Khanna, the request of the requests challenges the constitutional law of the validated one.
Appearing for the center and referring to protests against legislation, General Tushar Mehta said it should not be a phenomenon that violence can be used to exert pressure on such matters.
The violent protests exploded on April 11 and 12 in the pockets of the Murshidabad district after anger by the amended law. The demonstrations soon became clashes, leaving at least three dead and several people.
On April 14, the new incidents of violence shook the Bhangar area in the Parganas South 24 of Western Bengal, even when the police affirmed that the situation of the law and the order in Murshidabad remained largely under control.
Two requests in the Supreme Court have requested an investigation monitored by the Court on violence. The lawyer Shasank Shekhar Jha presented a pill that the Court seeks to establish a special investigation team (SIT), while another was presented by defender Vishal Tiwari who sought the constitution of a SC judge headed by the Judicial Investigation Commission of five members.
One of the pleas sought an address to the state government to present a report in the Superior Court on violence, apart from the instructions to protect the life and properties of people. The Superior Court of Calcutta recently ordered the deployment of the central forces in violence hit the Murshidabad district.
The Center recently notified the WAQF (amendment) law of 2025, which is considered President Droupadi Murmu on April 5 after his approval of Parliament after heated debates in both chambers. 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.
Around 72 requests, including those of the leader of AIMIM, Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Muslim Law Board (AIMPLB), Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the parliamentarians of the Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammad Jaw Congress, have presented themselves defying the validity of the law.
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.
(With supplies by Ananya Bhatnagar, PTI)