New Delhi. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Christ heard the petitions filed against the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 in the Supreme Court on Thursday. During this time, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, made many important arguments. Tushar Mehta opposed some interim order. He said that if the court stops the Waqf Amendment Act by the interim order and during this time a property is walked, then it will be difficult to withdraw it. Tushar Mehta said that the reason for this is that Waqf belongs to Allah and once he went to Waqf, it is not easy to achieve it. He said that after the final hearing, the Supreme Court feels that it is unconstitutional, then it can cancel it.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta is debating on the Waqf Act on behalf of the Center in the Supreme Court.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta also raised the issue of tribal areas and said that no common man can buy land in tribal areas. The law of the state does not approve of this. But if the same land becomes wakf, then Mutavalli can do whatever he wants. Tushar Mehta described this system as dangerous and said that there is a need to stop it. Tushar Mehta made it clear that making Waqf and donating to Waqf are different. The Solicitor General said that for this reason, the provision of practice of Islam was made for 5 years in the Act, so that no one could be cheated using Waqf.
Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that if I am a Hindu and want to donate for Waqf, I can do so. He said on behalf of the Central Government that before the Waqf Act 2013, it was said in all the acts that only Muslims can do their property. Then before the 2013 Lok Sabha elections, it was amended that any property could be vowed. The Solicitor General said that the Supreme Court has said in one of its decisions that Waqf itself is a state under Article 12 of the Constitution. In such a situation, it cannot be said that only people of any one sect will join it. All petitions were filed in the Supreme Court against the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. On this, the Solicitor General had said in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that such people have filed petitions on which the Waqf Amendment Act has not had any effect.
