The Supreme Court is set to hear a series of petitions on Monday questioning the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act. This comes weeks after the Centre temporarily suspended two key provisions of the law amid pointed queries from the top court.

On April 17, the Union government assured the bench—comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and K V Viswanathan—that it would refrain from denotifying waqf properties, including those classified as “waqf by user,” and from making appointments to the Central Waqf Council and waqf boards until May 5.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, emphasized that the Act had been enacted after thorough parliamentary debate and urged the court not to pass any interim stay without first hearing the government's position.