Lucknow, Sept. 16 -- Muslim clerics on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order putting on hold several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

The clerics said they believe that the final verdict will be in their favour. The apex court stayed some parts of the Act but refused to stay the legislation in its entirety.

"The interim judgment by the Supreme Court of India today in the matter related to the Waqf Amendment Act (2025), is not as per our demands. Though some of the provisions of the Act have been stayed and we welcome that. The final judgment is yet to be delivered and we believe that we will get complete relief in it," said prominent cleric Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, an executive committee member...