India, April 7 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Monday declined to entertain oral requests for urgent listing of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, pointing out that the Supreme Court has a "robust system of listing" in place.

"Why are you mentioning orally? There is a robust system in place for urgent listing. Please, send a letter of urgency and that will be placed before me," CJI Khanna told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who had sought an early hearing on a petition filed by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani.

When Sibal responded that the mentioning letter had already been submitted, CJI Khanna replied: "I will get the letter and do the needful. All th...