President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday gave her assent to the Waqf (Modification) Invoice, 2025, which was handed by Parliament earlier this week.
Murmu additionally gave her assent to the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Invoice, 2025.
“The next Act of Parliament obtained the assent of the president on April 5, 2025, and is hereby revealed for common info: The Waqf (Modification) Act, 2025,” the federal government mentioned in a notification.
Parliament early on Friday authorized the Invoice after the Rajya Sabha gave its nod to the contentious laws following an over 13-hour debate.
The dialogue witnessed staunch objections from opposition events, which termed the Invoice “anti-Muslim” in addition to “unconstitutional”, whereas the federal government responded that the “historic reform” would profit the minority neighborhood.
The Invoice was handed within the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favour and 95 opposing it. It was handed within the Lok Sabha early on Thursday, with 288 members supporting it and 232 towards it.
Parliament had additionally authorized the Mussalman Wakf (Repeal) Invoice, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod. The Lok Sabha had already given its assent to the Invoice.
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After the president gave her assent, it has additionally turn into a legislation.
Congress MP Mohammad Jawed and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday challenged the validity of the Waqf (Modification) Invoice within the Supreme Courtroom, saying it violated constitutional provisions.
Jawed’s plea alleged the Invoice imposed “arbitrary restrictions” on Waqf properties and their administration, undermining the non secular autonomy of the Muslim neighborhood.
The petition, filed by way of advocate Anas Tanwir, mentioned it discriminated towards the Muslim neighborhood by “imposing restrictions that aren’t current within the governance of different non secular endowments”.
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Jawed, the Lok Sabha MP from Kishanganj in Bihar, was a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Invoice and alleged in his plea that it “introduces restrictions on the creation of Waqfs based mostly on the period of 1’s non secular apply”.
In his separate plea, Owaisi mentioned the Invoice took away from Waqfs varied protections accorded to Waqfs and Hindu, Jain and Sikh non secular and charitable endowments alike.
Owaisi’s plea, filed by advocate Lzafeer Ahmad, mentioned, “This diminishing of the safety given to Waqfs whereas retaining them for non secular and charitable endowments of different religions constitutes hostile discrimination towards Muslims and is violative of articles 14 and 15 of the Structure, which prohibit discrimination on the grounds of faith.”