New Delhi, April 9 -- Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA Muhammad Izhar Asfi on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

Asfi, MLA from the Kochadhaman Assembly constituency in Bihar, said the provisions in the Act are not only unconstitutional for infringing the core constitutional guarantees and the principles of equality, religious freedom, and property rights but are also violative of the cardinal constitutional doctrine of non-retrogression of rights.

The plea filed through advocate Prakash Pandey stated that the sweeping amendments in the Act whereby non-Muslim individuals may now be appointed to the Central Waqf Council and State Waqf Boards-constitute a grave infraction upon the institutional auto...