Central government filed reply in SC in Waqf Amendment Act case, know what was said?:

The Central government filed a response in the Supreme Court on petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 and said that for the last 100 years, waqf is recognised only after registration by the user and not verbally. Therefore, the amendment was necessary. The Central government said that out of 22 members in the Waqf Council and Waqf Board, a maximum of two will be non-Muslims, a measure that represents inclusiveness and does not interfere in the administration of waqf. The Centre said that the identification of government land deliberately or wrongly mentioned as waqf properties is to correct the revenue records and government land cannot be considered as land belonging to any religious community.

The central government filed its reply in the Supreme Court

The Central Government has filed a reply in the Supreme Court and demanded the dismissal of the petitions challenging the Waqf Act. The Central Government has said in its reply that the Supreme Court cannot impose a partial interim stay on the provision of any law. The entire law has to be stayed while doing judicial review. Apart from this, it is also believed that the law made by the Parliament on the suggestions of the Joint Parliamentary Committee must have been made after careful consideration. Waqf is not a religious institution of Muslims, but a statutory body.

The central government said this

The central government told the Supreme Court that according to the Wakf Amendment Act, the work of a Mutawalli is secular and not religious. This law reflects the sentiments of the elected public representatives. It has been passed by majority. Before passing this bill, 36 meetings of the Joint Parliamentary Committee were held and more than 97 lakh stakeholders gave suggestions and memorandums. The committee visited ten big cities of the country and went among the public to take their views.

what is the whole matter

Let us tell you that the Waqf Amendment Act brought by the Central Government has been passed by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Along with this, President Draupadi Murmu has also approved this new law. Regarding this matter, many leaders and organizations had filed a petition in the Supreme Court and termed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 as wrong. Recently, a hearing was held in the Supreme Court on this matter and the Supreme Court had given a week's time to the Central Government to file a reply, in which today the Central Government has filed its reply in the Supreme Court.