NEW DELHI: Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Wednesday argued in the Supreme Court that the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, infringed upon the religious freedom of Muslims in managing their religious and charitable institutions.
Arguing before a bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan, Sibal referred to the contentious provisions and listed out the objections of Muslim bodies and other petitioners.
The top court, during the course of the hearing, proposed to stay certain key provisions of the Act, including the power to denotify properties declared waqf by courts and inclusion of non-Muslims in central Waqf councils and boards.
