Lucknow, Sept. 16 -- Muslim clerics in Uttar Pradesh 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 Supreme Court's interim order 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 of All India Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). Shia Personal Law Board general secretary Maulana Yasoob Abbas stated, "We welcome the Supreme Court's (interim) verdict. The way in which the survey was done by the JPC and the Bill was passed in a hurry, our only hope was the Supreme Court." "We expect that the Supreme Court will continue to do justice." All India Muslim Jamaat president Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi said, "This verdict is welcome as this will curb illegal encroachments on the Waqf land. "...