SC questions Waqf Amendment Act, three point interim order proposed
By Pradeep Damodaran, Pragadish Kirubakaran, Abdul Nishad and Neeraja Gopalakrishnan in Media News on Thursday, 17th April 2025 at 2:38pmThe Supreme Court on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) questioned provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which de-recognised the “established” waqf-by-user category of property, allowed non-Muslims into waqf administrative bodies and granted the state power to determine if a property was waqf or government.
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The two-hour hearing of around 100 petitions in a packed courtroom saw Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, heading a three-judge Bench, refer to the communal violence in West Bengal over the 2025 Act as “very disturbing”, reported Krishnadas Rajagopal for The Hindu.
During the hearing, the Chief Justice went on to propose a three-point interim order to “balance equities” on all sides in the case. Firstly, he suggested that properties already decl...
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