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September 16, 2025 1:50 PM

Why the Supreme Court Validated the Modi Government on the Waqf Amendment Act 2025

One of the most critical pieces of legislation of the Narendra Modi Government, the Waqf Amendment Act of 2025, has been given the green light by the Supreme Court. While the bill was passed with a comfortable majority in both houses of Parliament earlier this year, the debates and detour to the Joint Parliamentary Committee were not enough for some petitioners, hoping to politicise a pro-people and pro-minority legislation. After a patient hearing, the Supreme Court validated the stance of the ...

September 15, 2025 12:33 PM

Supreme Court stays certain provisions of Waqf (Amendment) Act

The Supreme Court on Monday issued an interim order staying certain provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while refusing to put the entire law on hold. A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice A.G. Masih specifically stayed the clause that required a person to have practised Islam for five years before creating a waqf, saying the state must first prescribe a mechanism to determine who qualifies under that test. The court observed that “in the absence of such a mechanism, i...

September 16, 2024 3:32 PM

Chief Justice Chandrachud calls for national-level recruitment of judges for the district judiciary

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said on Sunday that the time has come to think of national integration by recruiting members to the judicial services across the narrow walls of regionalism and state-centered selections. In his valedictory address at the National Conference of the District Judiciary to mark 75 years of the Supreme Court of India, Chief Justice of India Chandrachud said that at the district level vacancies in judicial personnel stand at 28 per cent and of non-judicial staff...