Bench led by subsequent CJI B.R. Gavai to listen to pleas towards Waqf (Modification) Act

“It’s painful to remind your lordship (concerning the retirement),” the regulation officer added.

“No no I’m wanting ahead to it,” the CJI responded.

Earlier, the Centre had assured the apex courtroom on 17 April that it will neither denotify waqf properties, together with ‘waqf by consumer’, nor make any appointments to the Central Waqf Council and boards until 5 Might.

The Centre made the reassurance whereas informing the bench that the regulation, handed by Parliament with “due deliberations”, shouldn’t be stayed with out listening to the federal government.

The batch of 5 petitions at the moment are titled ‘In Re: the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025’ and so they embody the one filed by AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.

In its affidavit on April 25, the Centre defended the amended Act and opposed any “blanket keep” by the courtroom on a “regulation having presumption of constitutionality handed by Parliament”.

Justifying a provision on “waqf by consumer” properties, it mentioned any interference would create a “legislative regime by a judicial order”.

Waqf by consumer refers to a observe the place a property is recognised as a non secular or charitable endowment (waqf) primarily based on its long-term, uninterrupted use for such functions, even when there is not a proper and written declaration of waqf by the proprietor.

The Centre notified the Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025 final month after it received President Droupadi Murmu’s assent on 5 April. The Invoice was cleared by the Lok Sabha with the help of 288 members whereas 232 MPs have been towards it. The Rajya Sabha noticed 128 members voting in its favour and 95 towards it.

A number of political events such because the DMK, YSRCP, AIMIM, the Left events, civil society teams corresponding to NGOs, Muslim our bodies and others have moved the apex courtroom difficult the validity of the Act.