The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear fresh pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, and K V Viswanathan is scheduled to hear petitions on the issue on May 5.
The bench had said that no more fresh pleas will be entertained on the issue.
Earlier, on April 28, the Supreme Court had also refused to consider the fresh petitions, saying it could not entertain "hundreds" of petitions on the issue.
What did the bench say?
The CJI told the counsel for the petitioner, Mohammad Sultan, "If you have some additional grounds, you can file an intervention application," as quoted by PTI.
Earlier, the bench had clearly said that it would hear only five of the over 70 litigants; today, it said again that no more fresh pleas will be entertained on the issue.
바카라If you have some additional grounds, you can file an intervention application,바카라 the CJI told the counsel for petitioner Mohammad Sultan.
바카라We are not going to increase the number of petitions now바카라 This will keep on piling and would become difficult to handle,바카라 it said.
On April 17, the bench decided to hear only five of the pleas before it and titled the case "In Re: Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025". The Centre then assured the bench it will neither denotify waqf properties, including "waqf by user", nor make any appointments to the central waqf council and boards till May 5.
Notably, about 72 petitions were filed against the law. Among the petitioners were AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and Congress MPs Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammad Jawed.
While appointing three lawyers as nodal counsel, the bench asked the advocates to decide among themselves who was going to argue.
"We clarify that the next hearing (May 5) will be for the preliminary objections and an interim order," the bench said.
Waqf Amendment Act
The Centre recently notified the Act, which received President Draupadi Murmu's assent on April 5. The bill was passed in both houses of Parliament after a heated debate.
In the Rajya Sabha, the bill was passed with 128 members voting in favour and 95 against. In the Lok Sabha, it was supported by 288 members and opposed by 232.
