CONGRESS HAILS SC ORDER ON WAQF AMENDMENT AS VICTORY FOR JUSTICE

The Congress on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's interim order on the Waqf Act and dubbed it as a victory for the "constitutional values of justice, equality, and fraternity" after the top court temporarily suspended specific provisions, including the clause requiring a person to be a practising Muslim for five years to create a Waqf.

- ANAND SINGH

In a post on X, Congress General Secretary and Communication incharge Jairam Ramesh said, "The Supreme Court's order today on the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 represents a substantial victory not just for the parties that opposed this arbitrary law in Parliament but all those members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee who submitted detailed dissent notes which were then ignored but now stand vindicated." "The Order is an important one because it goes a long way towards undoing the mischievous intentions underlying the original statute.