New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The Supreme Court will deliver its order today on the interim suspension of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, nearly four months after reserving its ruling on 21 petitions challenging the law's validity.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R. Gavai and Justice A.G. Masih heard arguments over three days in May and reserved its judgement on May 22. The petitions challenge multiple provisions of the Act, alleging constitutional violations and discrimination against Muslims.
The development follows the August 22 hearing, when the Bench declined to stay a union government notification requiring all waqf properties to be registered on the centralised digital portal UMEED (Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Ef...