Supreme Court to hear bunch of pleas challenging the Waqf Act today

On Wednesday the Supreme Courts Chief Justices bench will hear multiple petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 legislation at 2 pmLawyer Barun Kumar Sinha appearing on behalf of Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta has filed an intervention application in the Supreme Court defending the recent amendmentsWe have prayed that the amendment that was brought in in Waqf Act 1995 is absolutely in consonance with the Constitution of India Nobodys fundamental right has been violated This amendment has been brought after the Govt of India carried out a very deep study on the complaints received from various parts of the country Sinha stated reported ANISinha further added that the changes were introduced following an extensive government review of complaints across the country and were meant to reform draconian provisions of the original ActSinha further stated Those amendments are absolutely in the teeth of the Constitutional provisions So nobodys fundamental right has been violated So we are challenging the very locus standi of the petitioners because these petitioners belong to some of the political parties and those political parties have brought in these writ petitions So we will bring in all these facts before the Supreme Court and oppose any interim prayer made by these petitioners before the Supreme Court reported ANIMeanwhile Advocate Pradeep Yadav representing petitioners Tayyab Ahmed Sulemani and Anjum Qadri confirmed that their pleas were listed before the Chief Justices bench at 2 PMYadav noted The petitions have been notified for 2 pm The matter will be heard at 2 pm in the court of the Chief Justice I am representing two people we have two writ petitioners one by Tayyab Ahmed Sulemani and the other by Anjum Qadri Our argument on both writ petitions is that they should be admitted following which we have demanded an interim stay It means that there should be a stay on implementation reported news agency ANIFurthermore the YSR Congress Party YSRCP has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf Amendment Act alleging that the legislation violates fundamental Constitutional provisions and threatens the autonomy of Muslim religious institutionsAccording to ANI All India MajliseIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi Congress MPs Mohammad Jawed and Imran Pratapgarhi MP Mahua Moitra AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan MLA from National Peoples Party India NPP party in Manipur Sheikh Noorul Hassan MP and President of the Azad Samaj Party Chandra Shekhar Azad Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal Zia Ur Rehman Barq President of the Islamic clerics body Jamiat UlemaiHind Maulana Arshad Madani Kerala Sunni scholars body Samastha Kerala Jamiatul Ulema Social Democratic Party of India Indian Union Muslim League and NGO Association for Protection of Civil Rights have already approached the top court against the ActThe All India Muslim Personal Law Board AIMPLB Manoj Jha Faiyaz Ahmad MP in Rajya Sabha from Bihars RJD and RJD MLA from Bihar Muhammad Izhar Asfi have also challenged itThe ruling party in Tamil Nadu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam DMK through its MP A Raja who was a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Bill also approached the apex court against the Act The Communist Party of India through its General Secretary D Raja and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam TVK President and actor Vijay have also challenged the ActIn his plea Javed who was also a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 said that the Act discriminates against the Muslim community by imposing restrictions that are not present in the governance of other religious endowmentsIn support of the amended legislation Satish Kumar Aggarwal of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha and Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta have submitted applications defending the law as per ANIThe Waqf Amendment Act 2025 received Presidential assent on April 5 and came into force on April 8 Following a 12hour debate the Rajya Sabha passed it with 128 votes in favour and 95 against The Lok Sabha passed the bill earlier with a margin of 288 to 232With ANI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params