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The Supreme Court, refusing to investigate two new petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, said on Friday, everyone wants to see their name in newspapers. Chief Justice BR A bench of Gawai and Justice Augustine George Christ said that it would decide on the pending topic for hearing on May 20.
Petitions cannot be filed for eternity
Subsequently, the court will hear the subject of interim relief in this case. One of these petitions came for hearing on Friday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared in the court on behalf of the Center, said that petitions challenging the Act cannot be filed until eternity.
Petition was filed on 8 April
The lawyer appearing on behalf of the petitioner said that he had filed a petition on 8 April and had removed the flaws stated by the Supreme Court Registry on April 15, but his petition was not listed for hearing. The Chief Justice said, “Everyone wants his name to come in newspapers.”
Back rejected
When the lawyer urged the bench that their petitions were attached to the pending petitions, the bench said, ‘We will decide on the subject.’ Subsequently, the bench rejected it. When another similar petition came for hearing, the bench said, “It is dismissed.”
When the petitioner’s counsel urged him to intervene in the pending petitions, the Chief Justice said, “We already have a lot of interventionist.”
Court had taken a decision for Kavel 5 hearing
On April 17, the court decided to hear only five of the total petitions. The petitions challenging the Act came on 15 May before the bench of Chief Justice and Justice Christ. The bench said that on May 20, it would hear arguments to pass interim instructions on three issues, including the courts to notify the assets declared Waqf.
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