SC to listen to Waqf case on 20 Could, could cross interim order

The Supreme Court docket, set to listen to the pleas difficult constitutional validity of the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025 on Tuesday, 20 Could might cross interim orders within the case.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih on 15 Could deferred the listening to to twenty Could and mentioned it might hear arguments for passing interim instructions on three points, together with the ability to denotify properties declared as waqf by court docket, waqf-by-user or waqf by deed.

The second problem raised by the petitioners pertains to the composition of state waqf boards and the Central Waqf Council, the place they contend solely Muslims ought to function besides ex-officio members.

The third problem pertains to a provision that claims a waqf property is not going to be handled as waqf when the collector conducts an inquiry to establish if the property is authorities land.

The bench requested senior advocate Kapil Sibal and others, showing for these difficult the validity of the regulation, and solicitor-general Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, to file their written notes by 19 Could.

The bench was knowledgeable by legal professionals on each side that the judges may require extra time to undergo the pleadings.

Mehta mentioned in any case, there was a subsisting assurance by the Centre that no waqf properties, together with these established as waqf by person, could be denotified.