'Tight slap' on Modi govt: Oppn

The Supreme Court Monday put on hold several key provisions of the Wagf (Amendment) Act, 2025 including the clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years can dedicate a property as Wagf but refused to stay the entire law outlining the presumption of constitutionality in its favour

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Political parties Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's order on the new Waqf law with the Opposition including the Congress saying it has put on hold controversial clauses that “infringed” on the rights of Muslims and the BJP contending that the court has upheld the constitutionality of the law by not staying it.

Prominent Muslim bodies also welcomed the apex court order expressing hope of getting “complete justice” in the matter once the final verdict is pronounced.

Both the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and the All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) termed the order a welcome step, even as the former said it expected the top court to stay the entire law, and not just certain key provisions.

‘The AIMPLB also expressed dissatisfaction over the top court’s refusal to stay the entire law saying it leaves “numerous harmful provisions” in operation.

The Supreme Court Monday put on hold several key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 including the clause that only those practising Islam for the last five years can dedicate a property as Waqf, but refused to stay the entire law outlining the presumption of constitutionality in its favour.

“Presumption is always in favour of constitutionality of a statute and intervention (can be done) only in the rarest of rare cases,” a bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said in its 128-page interim order on the contentious issue.