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AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday called the Waqf Amendment Act unconstitutional and said that legal battle against it will continue. The Hyderabad's MP remarks came after the Supreme Court ordered Centre that Waqfs, including waqf-by-user, whether declared by way of notification or registration, will not be de-notified till next hearing on May 5. "We consider this Act unconstitutional.
The Court has said that the Central Waqf Council and the State Waqf Council will not be constituted, and 'Waqf by user' cannot be deleted," Owaisi said. "During the deliberations of the JPC, I gave a report opposing all amendments proposed by the government, and during the debate on the bill, I called the bill unconstitutional. Our legal battle against this Act will continue," he added.
Additionally, the apex court also told the govt that non-Muslims won't be appointed to Central Waqf Councils and State Waqf Boards. The Supreme Court ordered the Centre to file its response within a week in the challenge to Waqf (Amendment) Act. CJI Sanjiv Khanna said if registration of any waqf property had taken place under the erstwhile 1995 Act, then those properties can't be denotified till the next hearing.
The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, received presidential assent on April 5 after being passed in both houses of Parliament. The bill was passed in the Lok Sabha, with 128 votes in favour and 232 against it while in the upper house it received support from 128 members while 95 opposed it. A total of 72 petitions have been filed challenging the Act, including those by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, DMK, and Congress MPs Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammad Jawed.
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