New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a fresh plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan is scheduled to hear petitions on the issue on May 5. The bench, which had earlier made it clear it would hear only five of the over 70 litigants, today again said that no more fresh pleas will be entertained on the issue.
“If you have some additional grounds, you can file an intervention application,” the CJI told the counsel for petitioner Mohammad Sultan.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was passed in Lok Sabha on 03-04-2025 and was tabled in Lok Sabha on 02-04-2025 by Minister of Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, proposing revision of several clauses in the existing Waqf Act, 1995, which governs the administration of waqf properties in India. On 05-04-2025, the President gave assent to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 to amend the Waqf Act, 1995….
