New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the entire Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while staying certain provisions of the law, including the one requiring a person to be a practitioner of Islam for five years to create a Waqf.

The top court also stayed the provisions of the law that empowered a collector (DM) to determine whether or not a property declared as Waqf is a government property.

The provision of mandatory 'practitioner of Islam' for at least five years is stayed till state governments frame rules on determining whether a person is a practitioner of Islam, the top court said, according to legal news website LiveLaw.

The Court also directed that, so far as possible, the Chief Executive Officer of the Wa...