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Today in Politics: MIM’s Owaisi and Cong’s Mohammad Jawed challenge Waqf Bill

In his plea, Hyderabad MP Owaisi contended that the law is manifestly arbitrary, perpetuates discrimination on grounds of religion, violates the Shariat Act and strips the Muslim community of the right to manage its own religious institutions.

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The debate on the Waqf Bill was among the most spirited and engaging debates Parliament saw in the recent past. Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha discussed the Bill’s amendments over 12 hours.

The Opposition was vocal in underlining its stand against the Bill, calling to question the functioning of the Joint Parliamentary Committee meant to scrutinise it among other things. Now, there is a challenge to the contentious Bill in courts.

Two Opposition MPs — AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress’s Mohammad Jawed — Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, hours after it cleared Parliament.

In his plea, Hyderabad MP Owaisi contended that the law is manifestly arbitrary, perpetuates discrimination on grounds of religion, violates the Shariat Act and strips the Muslim community of the right to manage its own religious institutions.

“The Amendment Act, 2025 marks a departure from this consistent progression towards affording greater protections to the rights of the Muslim community under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution and charts a new course of diluting the protections to Waqfs undermining the rights of the minority communities in its properties and expanding the interference of the State over waqf administration,” he said.

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