Supreme Court resumes hearing pleas against Waqf Act
The Supreme Court Wednesday resumed its hearing of pleas against Waqf (Amendment) Act. This is the second consecutive day that the apex court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking interim stay on the amendments.
As the hearing began on Tuesday, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal told the top court that though the 2025 Act claims to be for protection of waqf, it was “in reality… designed to capture waqf through a process which is non-judicial… executive.”
Appearing for one of the petitioners, who have sought interim stay of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, Sibal told the top court, “Private properties are being taken away only because there is some dispute.”
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