The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its problem over violence taking place amid protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. “One thing this is very annoying is the violence that’s taking place. Once the matter is before courtroom, it should not appear,” a bench headed by CJI Sanjiv Khanna remarked.
The bench, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan, constant the pleas hard the constitutional validity of the amendments added in the Waqf Act, 1995, for further hearing on Thursday at 2 PM, including the arguments of the Union government on passing of an meantime order.
Supreme Court Says Violence, Very Disturbing
During the course of the hearing, the apex court room indicated that it might passed a meantime order, presenting that the properties already declared as waqf by order or otherwise will not be mentioned by using different features of the new change. It proposed that the provision of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, presenting that waqf assets could not be treated as a waqf whilst the Collector is carrying out an inquiry into the issue if the belongings are a central authority land, should not take delivery of effect to.
Waqf participants Need to be Muslims
Further, the CJI-led Bench said that it aims to passed an interim order giving that all participants of the waqf forums and Central Waqf Council, besides the ex-officio participants, need to be Muslims.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta hostile to the passing of an intervening time order and entreated the CJI Khanna-led Bench to provide the Union authorities listening to before any Supreme Court order is passed.
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