Waqf Act hearing highlights: No interim order as of now, hearing to continue tomorrow

Waqf Amendment Act 2025 Supreme Court hearing highlights: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025 was passed in both houses of Parliament after amendments proposed by Opposition members were rejected

4:35 PM

No interim order passed, hearing adjourned

The top court will continue hearing pleas challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 at 2 pm on Thursday.

4:33 PM

Supreme Court expresses concern over violence

The SC Bench stated it is disturbing when court is seized of matters over Waqf Act.

4:28 PM

History of 100 years back cannot be rewritten, says CJI

"Where public trust has been declared as waqf, say 100 or 200 years back, you turn about and say it is taken by the waqf board," CJI Sanjiv Khanna told Tushar Mehta.

3:52 PM

News update: SC asks Centre whether it is willing to allow Muslims to be part of Hindu religious trusts

3:47 PM

Judicial review not taken away, says SG Mehta

Solicitor General Mehta argued that the process of judicial review has not been taken away by the Waqf Act.

3:38 PM

CJI asks Centre to clarify what 'dispute' would mean according to the Act

“It says, it's dispute- what do you mean by that term? Before Court? Before the Britishers, we didn't have Registration Act. Now, many masjids are constructed in 13, 14 15 centuries. You require them to produce a sale deed is impossible,” CJI Khanna asked.

3:23 PM

JPC was set up to discuss memorandums, says Solicitor General Tushar Mehta

There was constitution of joint parliamentary committee and elaborate exercise was undertaken. JPC had 38 sittings, and examined 98.2 lakh memorandums before Parliament's both houses passed it, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta stated today.

3:14 PM

Abhishek Manu Singhvi opposes case being sent to high court

Waqf Act will have all India ramifications, pleas should not be referred to high court, senior counsel Abhishek Singhvi told the Supreme Court bench today.

3:09 PM

‘Genuine’ concern over Waqf by user concept, says CJI Khanna

“We are told Delhi HC is built on waqf land. We are not saying all waqf by user is wrong, but there is genuine [concern],” CJI Khanna said.

 

3:06 PM

How can state decide whether and how I am a Muslim or not, says Sibal

"How can state decide whether, and how I am a Muslim or not and hence, eligible to create waqf?," Sibal asks.

3:00 PM

News update: Previously, there was no limitation. Many of waqf properties were encroached upon, says Sibal

2:53 PM

Waqf Amendment Act LIVE updates: Section 14 of Waqf Act is violative, says Sibal

Section 14, dealing with the composition of the board, was a ‘takeover through nomination’ as it has non-muslim members, Kapil Sibal argued before the Supreme Court bench.

2:44 PM

Waqf Amendment Act SC Hearing LIVE Updates: It is a parliamentary usurpation of 200 million, says Sibal

“Inclusion of non-Muslims in Waqf Council is a direct violation of Article 26,” says Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal. The law is a parliamentary usurpation of the faith of 200 million individuals of this country, Sibal added.

2:40 PM

Waqf Amendment Act hearing LIVE update:Article 26 is secular, applies to all communities, says CJI Khanna

"Inheritance in Islam happens after death, they are interfering before that. Next, S.3(C) gov property identified or declared as Waqf not to be deemed as Waqf after commencement of Act," says Sibal. 

2:32 PM

Waqf Act Supreme Court hearing LIVE: SC says point by point challenge should be stated

When asked about the specific point of challenge, Kapil Sibal pointed out the provision. “I am challenging 3(r), provision to S.3 [providing existing waqf by user will remain as waqf except in dispute or government property],” Sibal said.