“Today’s order strengthens the hope and trust that people place in the Hon’ble Supreme Court to safeguard religious rights of the Muslim minority community and to uphold the Constitution,” he wrote on his ‘X’ handle and added that this was a major step in undoing the unconstitutional and illegal amendments made to the Waqf Act.
"It is just an interim order on Waqf by the apex court and more relief will come soon," he said.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court order on the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 staying certain provisions, as a victory of constitutional values.
Taking strong exception to Tejashwi Yadav’s purported remarks that 'Waqf Act should be thrown in a dustbin', Bhatia asked the RJD leader how a law passed by Parliament and approved by the President, can be thrown into the dustbin.
The conference raised a united and dignified voice against the Waqf Act, 2025, which is widely seen as trampling upon the Islamic principles of Waqf (charitable endowment), undermining religious autonomy, and infringing upon fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of India.
At a time when a section of people in north Bengal is demanding the cancellation of the amended Waqf Act, senior officials of the West Bengal Waqf Board have launched a special drive to recover properties allegedly encroached upon by non-Muslims in various parts of North Bengal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central government and all state governments on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Waqf Act, 1995, as amended by the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih issued notice to the Uttarakhand government on a contempt application filed in a batch of already pending petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
Kirti Azad claims the Murshidabad violence, in the wake of the Waqf Amendment Act, was instigated by the BJP.
The Supreme Court is set to resume hearings Monday on a series of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, a contentious piece of legislation that has sparked nationwide debate and drawn over 70 legal challenges from across the country.
