The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice (CJI) Sanjeev Khanna of India is hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Center, said that there was a joint parliamentary committee, which held 38 meetings. It visited many areas and cities, consulted and examined millions of suggestions. Then it went to both houses and then the law was passed. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that I do not know why these words have come. Ignore that part. There is a large section of Muslims who do not want the Muslim to be ruled by the board. If a Muslim wants to donate, he can do so through the trust.
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said that according to his (petitioners) arguments, your honorable even cannot hear the matter. On this, the CJI said that when we sit here to take a decision, we lose our religion. We are secular. We are talking about a board that is managing religious matters. The CJI told the Solicitor General that if you are going to make the Waqf-by-use properties non-object, it will be an issue.
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The Supreme Court asked the Center whether it was willing to allow Muslims to be part of the Hindu religious trust. The Supreme Court asked the Center how the Waqf by user would be registered, as there may be a lack of documents. The Supreme Court said that the cancellation of Waqf by user will cause problems, it has also been misused. There is no need to create a trust.
