New Delhi, April 17 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday proposed to order that the properties declared as waqf, including "waqf by user", won't be de-notified, but the Centre opposed the suggestion and sought a hearing before such a directive.

The top court also asked the Centre if Muslims would be allowed to be part of Hindu religious trusts.

"The properties declared by courts as waqfs should not be de-notified as waqfs, whether they are by waqf-by-user or waqf by deed, while the court is hearing the challenge to the Waqf Amendment Act 2025," the bench said.

The top court went on, "All Members of the waqf boards and the central waqf Council must be Muslims, except the ex-officio members."

A bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Just...