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Waqf amendment act sc hearing: Hearing is going on in the Supreme Court regarding the new Waqf Act, 2025. The bench of two members headed by Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gawai is hearing the case. The implementation of the amended law has been banned till the final decision on the case of Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. During the hearing, CJI asked a new question on which Kapil Sibal, a lawyer of the Muslim side, got trapped.
Five lawyers are fighting the case from the Muslim side for the Waqf case. It also has a Kapil Sibal. CJI Gawai asked Sibal, “There was a system of registration of Waqf Properties earlier, but was it mandatory about it?” Sibal got trapped on this question of CJI. However, he said in response, “The law made in 2025 is very different from the old. There are two Avadharanas in it. The first is the assets made by the user and the second dedication. It was recognized in the Babri Masjid case. ”
CJI asked Sibal questions related to registration of Waqf property
CJI asked Kapil Sibal, “Did the earlier law require registration? Was the provision of registration of Waqf properties mandatory in the old law or was it just instructions to do so? On this, Sibal said, “Yes. In the earlier law it was gone that registration would be done. The word ‘shall’ was used in this. “CJI said that registration cannot be mandatory only by using the word ‘shall’.
The Center made this request to the Supreme Court
The Center on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court that the hearing should be limited to three identified issues to pass the interim order on petitions challenging the validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act. These issues also include the right to non-reflecting the assets declared by the court ‘Waqf, Waqf by user or Waqf by deed’.