The Supreme Court today said it will take up on May 20 the issue of considering interim relief on pleas challenging the validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for those challenging the validity of the law, and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, to file their written notes by May 19.

The Bench said it will not consider any plea seeking a stay of provisions of the earlier 1995 Waqf law when the matters are taken up on May 20.

Former Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna, whose bench was hearing the matter, demitted office on May 13, and the matters were transferred to the bench headed by Chief Justice Gavai.
On April 25, the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs filed a preliminary affidavit defending the amended Waqf Act of 2025 and opposed any blanket stay by the court on a law having a presumption of constitutionality passed by Parliament.