NEW DELHI, Apr 11: The Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party has approached the Supreme Court, by virtue of an intervention application, challenging the recently passed Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. The party under the leadership of Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, has urged the court to examine the constitutional validity of the law.
The said application is filed under Order 1 Rule 8A of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013 which empowers the court to permit a person or body of persons to participate in proceedings when they have a direct and substantial interest in a question of law raised before the court.
It is submitted by the petitioners that the new amendments undermine the very spirit of Waqf institutions that have traditionally managed and protected the religious endowments within the Muslim community.
It is also submitted that the amended law changes the original meaning and purpose of Waqf institutions. It also gives more control to government authorities, which directly infringes upon the right to manage religious affairs and violates fundamental rights under Article 26.
A bench comprising CJI Sanijv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan will hear the matters on April 16. (Livelaw)
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