New Delhi, April 9 -- The Supreme Court is expected to take up on April 15 a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, amid rising political temperatures and growing legal opposition to the controversial law, which came into force on Tuesday.

As per the details available on the apex court's website, at least three petitions are scheduled for hearing on that day, prompting the Union government to proactively file caveats in two of them to ensure that no interim orders are passed without its side being heard.

The petitions listed include those filed by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Arshad Mada...