New Delhi, May 5 -- In a key development, the Supreme Court on Monday announced that the constitutional challenge to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 will no longer be heard by the bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna, and will instead be taken up by a bench headed by Justice B.R. Gavai on May 15.
The shift comes in light of CJI Khanna's impending retirement on May 13, with the Chief Justice observing that the matter requires detailed arguments even at the interim stage and should be heard at length on a "reasonable day" by another bench.
"This matter has to be heard on any reasonable day. It will not be before me," said CJI Khanna, sitting alongside Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan.
"We have gone through the c...