SC refuses stay on Waqf properties’ registration

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to stay a Union government notification mandating registration of all waqf properties on a centralised digital portal within six months, directing individuals and organisations to comply with the requirement while the court considers the validity of the Waaf Amendment Act 2025.

- Utkarsh Anand

A bench led by Chief Justice Bhushan R Gavai made it clear that the court cannot stay the June 6 notification issued by the ministry of minority affairs until it delivers its reserved judgment on petitions challenging the 2025 law.

“What can be the problem in complying with the direction? You register your properties within six months, as the notification says. When we will pass our order, everything will be subject to our direction,” justice Gavai told a lawyer seeking interim relief.