New Delhi, May 5 -- Ahead of hearing in Supreme Court on Monday of pleas challenging constitutional validity of Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, who also chairs the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqf, said the Central government will submit its response before the Supreme Court, which will pronounce its verdict after considering the matter.

"Central govt will give its response and Supreme Court will pronounce the verdict. The question raised by opposition leaders in their petition is why non-Muslims are being included in the Waqf board, as it's a religious body. On this, several judgments have already been delivered by the courts that the Waqf Board is not a religious body governed by Sharia. It is a statutory e...