New Delhi, April 16 -- In a high-stakes constitutional showdown over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, the Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep concern over reports of ongoing violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district linked to the controversy.
"One thing is very disturbing - the violence that is taking place. If the matter is pending here, it should not happen," remarked Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, reflecting the bench's disapproval of street-level unrest while judicial scrutiny is underway.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, responded: "Yes, they think they can pressurize the system by this."
But senior advocate Kapil Sibal, arguing for the petitioners, shot back sharply, "Who is pressuring whom, we don'...