The YSR Congress party has moved to the SupremeCourt challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, LiveLaw reported.
The party claims that the amendments fundamentally weaken the administration of waqfs and impose intrusive government control on Muslim endowments.
The YSR Congress party has moved to the SupremeCourt challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, LiveLaw reported.
It claims that the amendments fundamentally weaken the administration of waqfs and impose intrusive government control on Muslim endowments.
Country Wide Protests
Two persons were killed and more than 110 people were arrested in connection with the violence that broke out in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal during a protest over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, police told PTI.
A protest rally was organised in Hyderabad and other cities against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on Sunday, with protesters demanding its repeal.
Scores of demonstrators, carrying placards reading "Our Waqf Our Right", "We Reject Waqf Amendment Act", "Waqf Bachao March", and "Save Our Constitution", marched and gathered at the B R Ambedkar statue at Tank Bund.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was recently passed by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha after marathon debates in both Houses of Parliament.
The opposition parties protested against the bill by saying it was ‘discriminatory against Muslims’.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi criticised it, calling it an 'open attack on the Constitution'. But the BJP defended the bill, saying that the bill aims to bring transparency, reduce corruption and better manage Waqf properties.