After the passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi moved the Supreme Court while challenging the bill. Congress Kishanganj MP Mohammed Jawed also approached the top court and hoped that the bill will be soon repealed by the top court.
The AIMIM chief filed a petition in the Apex Court and contended that the provisions “brazenly violate the fundamental rights of Muslims and the Muslim community.”
Mohamed Jawed said, “…Several people in India will file this petition, several parties will do this…In the Parliament, everyone in the Opposition said that this is unconstitutional. This is a religious body – you are providing freedom to non-Muslims…How can you snatch away our right?..How can you do this violation? If you have numbers, it doesn’t mean you get passed anything you passed and do something unlawful…We have challenged this. We hope that the Supreme Court will take cognisance of this and this will be repealed (Bill) at the earliest.”
#WATCH | Congress MP Mohammad Jawed moves Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
— ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2025
He says, "…Several people in India will file this petition, several parties will do this…In the Parliament, everyone in the Opposition said that this is unconstitutional.… pic.twitter.com/UUM488gtRN
Both the MPs were the members of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The Muslim organisations staged protests while terming the bill as “unconstitutional.” All India Muslim Personal Law Board, in a post on X, vowed to hold protests nationwide against the Bill.
The AIMPLB wrote on X, “The government’s stance regarding the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 is regrettable. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will soon undertake nationwide protests and legal action against the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025,”
وقف ترمیمی بل 2025 کے سلسلے میں حکومت کا رخ افسوسناک
— All India Muslim Personal Law Board (@AIMPLB_Official) April 4, 2025
وقف ترمیمی بل 2025 کے خلاف آل انڈیا مسلم پرسنل لا بورڈ جلد ہی ملک گیر احتجاج اور قانونی کارروائی کرے گا (جنرل سکریٹری بورڈ)
#IndiaAgainstWaqfBill | #RejectWaqfBill | #SayNoToWaqfBill | #WaqfAmendmentBill | #Waqfbill pic.twitter.com/oyAlfQGP0r
The grand old party, Congress, also backed the move. Congress MP and party General Secretary in charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh today announced that the party will soon challenge the “constitutionality” of the Waqf Amendment Bill in the Supreme Court.
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— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) April 4, 2025
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