On Wednesday, April 16, the Supreme Court will listen to the batch of lawsuits that question the WAQF Act (amendment), 2025 around 14:00. This includes a lawsuit filed by leader Aimim Assaduddin Owaisi against the constitutional validity of legislation.
The three judge of the Supreme Court, which includes the chief judge Sanjiv Khann and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan, have so far reported a 10 petition on the matter and it will be heard on Wednesday.
Plea
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (Aimplb), Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, David Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), MEPs of Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammad Jawed are other key petitioners.
In Addation to 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 Ulema, Anjum Kadari, Taiyyab Khan Salmani, Mohammad Shafi Fazlurrahim and RJD Leader Manoj Kumar Jha, News Agency PTI reported.
Several fresh lawsuits that have to be listed have been filed in the Supreme Court court, including those filed by TMC Mahu Moit, Samajwadi, Member of Sambhal, Zia-Ur-Rahman Barq.
Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Indian Communist Party (CPI), Tamilaga vetri Kazhagam, and the actor who turned-politician Vijay, also moved the Supreme Court also moved the Supreme Court.
Attorney Hari Shankar Jain and One Mani Munjal also filed a separate petition that challenges the constitutional validity of several provisions of the law because they violate the fundamental rights of non -Muslims they agreed to mention.
What do the requests do they say?
In the DMK press release, he stated: “Despite the extensive opposition, the WAQF Change Act, 2025 was approved by the Union’s government without proper consideration of the objections of JPC members and other parties.”
Aimplb filed a lawsuit at the Supreme Court at the end of April 6.
In a press release, a spokesman for Implb SQR Ilyas said that the petition strongly protested against changes received by the parliament for being “arbitrary, discriminatory and based on exclusion”.
Changes, as stated, not only violated the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 25 and 26 Indian Constitution, but also clearly revealed the intention of the government to take full control of the WAQF administration and therefore pushed the Muslim minority in the management of its own religious foundations.
Articles 25 and 26 institutes ensure freedom of conscience, the right to practice, the dissemination of religion and the right to establish and manage institutions for religious and charity purposes, she said.
Jamiat Ulama-i-hind also claimed to be a “dangerous plot” to undress Muslims of their religious freedom.
In his petition, Jamiat said that the law was “a direct attack on the Institute of Earth, which not only provides the same rights to its citizens, but also provides them with complete religious freedom.”
Samastha Kerala Jaiathul Ulema, the religious organization of the Sunni Muslim scientists and clergy in Kerala, claimed that the act was “obvious involved” into the rights of religious designation in the matter of religion in Kerala, in his independent plea, an act in Kerala in Kerala that the act was an “obvious intrusion”.
Jawed’s plea claimed that the act had imposed “arbitrary restrictions” to real estate and their leadership, which undercut the religious autonomy of the Muslim community.
The petition, filed through the defense counsel of Anase Tanwir, stated that the law discriminated against the Muslim community “storing restrictions” that lacks other religious foundations.
“This WAQFS protection reduction, while maintaining religious and charity foundations of other religions, represents hostile discrimination of Muslims and violates Articles 14 and 15 institutes that prohibit discrimination for religion,” said Owaisi’s plea.
The Association of NGOs for the Protection of Civil Rights also filed a petition at the Top Court, which challenged the constitutional validity of the law.
AAP MLA Khan was looking for a law declared unconstitutional and violated “Articles 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300-A Constitution”.
Central files give an objection to
On 8 April, the Center filed an objection to the Supreme Court and required by the act before any order was approved in this matter.
The call is submitted to the Supreme Courts and the Supreme Court to ensure that no orders are taken without listening to it.
The Center recently announced the WAQF Act (amendment), 2025, which obtained the consent of President Droubadi Murmu 5 April after his passing from parliament after heated debates in both houses.
The bill was approved in Rajya Sabha, while 128 members voted in favor and 95 against him. Lok Sabha cleaned this and 288 members supported him and 232 against him.
(Tagstotranslate) the WAQF change Act
