Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 : Supreme Court Turns Down Fresh Pleas Challenging It’s Constitutional Validity ; Hearing Likely On May 20

The Supreme Court has refused to examine a couple of fresh pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, saying everybody wants name in newspapers.

According to report by PTI, A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih said it would decide the pending matter scheduled to come up on May 20.

The apex court would then hear the point of interim relief in the case.

As soon as one of the pleas came up for hearing on Friday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, objected and said there can’t be an “endless” filing of pleas challenging the Act.

The counsel appearing for the petitioner said he had filed the petition on April 8 and removed the defects pointed out by the apex court registry on April 15 but his plea was not listed for hearing.

“Everybody wants his name to be in the newspapers,” the CJI observed.

When the lawyer urged the bench that his plea should be tagged with the pending petitions, the bench said, “We will decide that matter.”

The bench then dismissed it.

When another similar plea came up for hearing, the bench said, “Dismissed”.

When the counsel for the petitioner urged that he be allowed to intervene in the pending pleas, the CJI said, “We already have too many intervenors.”