Goa, April 17 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday raised serious concerns over provisions in the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 that allow for the inclusion of non-Muslim members in the Central Waqf Council and state waqf boards.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar, and Justice K V Viswanathan scrutinized the constitutional and religious implications of the amendment, questioning whether such inclusivity was appropriate in the context of religious institutional governance.

The court took strong exception to an analogy made by the Narendra Modi-led central government, which argued in favor of the provisions by comparing the inclusion of non-Muslims in waqf boards to a potential objection over Hin...