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Waqf Act News: The Supreme Court continued hearing on the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the recent amendments in the Waqf Act for the second day on Thursday. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Sanjeev Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K.V. Vishwanathan has given the Central Government seven days to file its reply. The government assured the court that no denotification or new appointment will be made during this period. The next hearing will be on May 5.
After this, political reactions are also coming continuously on the Waqf Act. In this episode, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh has targeted the Narendra Modi government at the Center. He wrote on the social media platform ‘X’, “The Waqf Amendment Bill is completely unconstitutional, I had raised this point before the JPC and in the House. The Modi government has no answer to the questions that the SC has asked the Central Government. There is still time, accept the fact that this country will run by the Constitution written by Baba Saheb and not by any Modi’s decree.” The Waqf Amendment Bill is completely unconstitutional, this is what I had raised before the JPC and in the House.
The Modi government has no answer to the questions that the SC has asked the Central Government.
There is still time, accept that this country will run by the Constitution written by Baba Saheb and not by any Modi’s order.
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) April 17, 2025
On the other hand, different reactions are coming from the ruling and opposition parties on the hearing in the Supreme Court. On the reactions of the opposition, Sanjay Singh wrote, “Modi’s supporters started threatening the Supreme Court. BJP neither believes in the Constitution nor the court. Modi ji’s plans have suffered a setback. BJP wants to capture religious properties and give them to its friends. They demolished more than 300 temples in Kashi and gave the land to their friends to do business.”
What did Solicitor General Tushar Mehta say in the Supreme Court?
Let us tell you that during the hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court that this issue is not such that a decision can be taken by looking at a section. For this, the entire law and history will also have to be seen. This law was passed after considering several lakh suggestions. He said that if the court issues any order, it will have a huge impact.
He asked for a week’s time to file a reply, which was accepted by the court. After this, the CJI said that the court wants that no party should be affected. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that if you want to say something about ‘Waqf by User’, then listen to our side for that. He assured that there will be no appointment in the Waqf Board for a week.
The Supreme Court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta if he can assure that the Waqf property registered under the Waqf Act of 1995 will not be denotified? The Solicitor General also assured the court of this. In an interim order, the apex court fixed May 5 as the next date of hearing and said that the Solicitor General has stated that the Central government wants to file a reply within seven days. He assures the court that no appointment will be made to the council and board under the amended sections 9 and 14 of the Wakf Act.
The court said that till the next date of hearing, the wakf, including the wakf already registered or declared by notification, will neither be denotified nor any change will be made in it by the collector. We take this statement on record.
