JK News Today/ Agencies
New Delhi, September 15: SC stays provision that mandates a disputed property would not be treated as waqf unless the executive permits it after an enquiry.
The Supreme Court on Monday (September 15, 2025) pronounced judgment on a plea to stay the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which over a 100 petitioners described as a “creeping acquisition” of Muslim properties while the government defended as a necessary counter to “rampant encroachment” on public and private properties.
The case had reached the Supreme Court in early April, hours after the Waqf (Amendment) Bill of 2025 was cleared by the Parliament.
One of the issues relate to the power to denotify properties declared as “waqf by courts, waqf-by-user or waqf by deed” prescribed in the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
Before reserving the interim order, the bench heard arguments by advocates appearing for those challenging the amended waqf law, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, on three consecutive days.
