The Wire Staff 
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will list the petitions challenging the Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2025. There are at least seven petitions challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act which received presidential assent on April 5.
The law proposes to amend the Waqf Act, 1995, which governs Waqf property administration, in order to make controversial provisions like allowing non-Muslim members on state Waqf board and central Waqf council, revising the ‘Waqf-by-user’ principle for determining Waqf status, adding new requirements for property donations (such as donors must be practising Islam for at least five years), and changing administrative control over Waqf assets.
The matter was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar by senior advocate Kapil Sibal on behalf of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, one of the petitioners challenging the law, Bar and Bench reported.
“We are challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act,” Sibal said, seeking urgent listing. “I will see the mention letter in the afternoon and take a call. We will list it,” CJI Sanjiv Khanna replied.
Senior Advocates AM Singhvi and advocate Nizam Pasha also appeared for other petitioners.
The Waqf (Amendment) Act was passed amid huge uproar in the parliament. The parliament functioned well after midnight on both days of the bill’s passage, first in Lok Sabha and then in Rajya Sabha.
It has sparked a political storm and protests in several parts of the country.