India, May 4 -- Petitioners challenging the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 have told the Supreme Court that the Centre's claim of a "shocking" 116% increase in waqf properties since 2013 is "misleading" and based on suppressed facts.

In a detailed response filed by advocate Talha Abdul Rahman ahead of Monday's crucial hearing, the petitioners argue that the Centre has misrepresented data by failing to mention that properties counted as "new" were actually waqfs registered before 2013 but later updated on the Waqf Asset Management System of India (WAMSI) portal.

"It appears that a public official, who is also the in-charge of the said portal, has either deliberately suppressed this fact or casually made this chart to falsely depict a picture wh...