New Delhi, Apr 17: The Supreme Court recorded the Union government’s assurance that no fresh appointments will be made to waqf boards or the Central Waqf Council under the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, until the next hearing.
A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna, along with Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan, also noted Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s assurance that the status of existing waqf properties, including those categorized as “waqf by user,” will remain unchanged for now.
The court directed the Centre to file its response within seven days to the batch of petitions seeking a stay and challenging the constitutional validity of the recent amendments to the Waqf Act, 1995.
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