New Delhi, April 17 -- The Supreme Court will resume on April 17 the hearing on pleas challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which began on Wednesday.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan is hearing the matters. The top court stopped short of passing the interim order on Wednesday.

The three-judge bench was about to dictate the interim order when Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, appearing for Centre, sought more time. The Court then said that it would hear the case again on April 17 before passing orders.

During the hearing, the court raised concerns over three provisions in the amended law while suggesting that it may stay these parts of the contentious law. Th...