The top court has also made it clear that no fresh petitions will be accepted in this case anymore. However, people or organisations who still want to raise concerns can file intervention applications to support the arguments already made by the original petitioners.
NEW DELHI: 5th May, A Kerala-based Hindu trust, the Sree Narayana Manava Dharmam Trust, has filed an application in the Supreme Court of India against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, saying that the new law is dangerous for the Muslim community in India and can destroy their very existence.
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The trust was created in 2023 to spread the teachings and values of Sree Narayana Guru, a well-known saint and philosopher from Kerala. It has now asked the Supreme Court to let it take part in the ongoing hearings where several petitions have been filed challenging this amended Waqf law.
Explaining its reason to join the case, the Trust said,
“Given the teaching of Sree Narayana Guru about the inter-dependent nature of the well-being of all persons and communities, the ‘Sree Narayana Manava Dharmam Trust’ cannot be an idle spectator to the devastating impact of the impugned Act taken as a whole on the Muslim community of India and to social justice in our country.”
The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on the Waqf matter today at 2 PM, and the case will be heard by a three-judge bench consisting of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, and Justice KV Viswanathan.
The top court has also made it clear that no fresh petitions will be accepted in this case anymore. However, people or organisations who still want to raise concerns can file intervention applications to support the arguments already made by the original petitioners.
In its intervention application, the Trust strongly criticised the amended law, stating,
“The impugned Act explicitly but erroneously treats the Waqf mechanism as a non-religious institution, thus deleting in its entirety the body of Islamic law as the basic governing law of Waqf, replacing Islamic law with the law laid down by the Impugned Act.”
The Trust further added that the new law forces the entire Muslim community to follow a new kind of legal framework for their donations and religious charities, which is neither traditional nor constitutional. According to the Trust:
“The Impugned Act is un ultra vires because the Parliament has no power to impose such a scheme on any section of the people and is therefore a fraud on the Constitution. This sui generis state-designed and state-imposed scheme violates the constitutional rights of the Muslim community under Articles 21, 25, 26 and 29(1).”
It also warned that the amended law would leave Muslims in India without the necessary financial and economic support they need to practise their religion. The government’s complete control over the Waqf mechanism will harm the core of Islamic community life.
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As stated in the application:
“The Impugned Act thus threatens the very existence of the Muslim community in India which depends for its survival on the Waqf mechanism which has been for centuries, and continues to be, the most important source of economic and financial resources essential for the practice and survival of Islam in India. As the Impugned Act will liquidate the economic and financial foundations of the Muslim community.”
The petition was filed through advocate Vaibhav Choudhary, and it was drafted and finalised by senior lawyer Dr. G Mohan Gopal.
Case Name: IN RE THE WAQF (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2025| W.P.(C) No. 276/2025
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