New Delhi, May 20 -- Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, has been framed to protect Waqfs, but in reality, it is designed to capture Waqf through a non-judicial, executive process.

According to an ANI report, Sibal, who is representing petitioners challenging the Act in the Supreme Court also said that "Waqf is an endowment to Allah (god) and pursuant to that, the property cannot be transferred - once a Waqf, always a Waqf."

Sibal also said that "earlier, though the property was preserved as an ancient monument, the identity of the property did not change from being a Waqf and get transferred to the government. Now, such Waqf property shall be void, and once Waqf is void, people will be stopped fr...