India, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear the petitions challenging the validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, on May 20 to decide whether any interim stay is required on certain provisions of the law dealing with the status of Waqf properties and inclusion of non-Muslims in Waqf council and boards.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai directed the petitions to be listed for next Tuesday as he took up the matter for the first time after a bench led by former CJI Sanjiv Khanna had on May 5 pushed the hearing to the new CJI bench due to his impending retirement.

The bench, also comprising justice Augustine George Masih, said that it will hear the petitioners for two hours and also permit...