New Delhi, April 18 -- The Centre on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that it will neither denotify Waqf properties, including 'Waqf by user', nor make any appointments to the Central Waqf Council and State Waqf Boards till May 5. The assurance on the matter by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta came when he informed a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan that the Waqf law was passed by Parliament with "due deliberations" and it should not be stayed without hearing the Government.

The Centre strongly opposed the Apex Court's proposal to pass an interim order against denotification of Waqf properties, including 'waqf by user', besides a stay a provision allowing the inclusion of non-Muslims in th...