Courts can interfere in laws only if there are glaring lapses, says SC

There is always a presumption of constitutionality in favour of any law and petitioners have to make a "strong and glaring case" for the judiciary to interfere, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday as it heard petitions against the Waqf Amendment Act.

- Abraham Thomas

NEW DELHI:

The top court's observations came on a day petitioners challenging the 2025 law argued that it held the potential to "resurrect" suits and disputes questioning the religious character of mosques, and the Centre defended the law, saying waqf by its very nature was a "secular concept" and could not be stayed given the "presumption of constitutionality" in its favour.