CJI Sanjiv Khanna to take a call on listing petitions challenging Waqf Amendment Act

The CJI pointed out that a system is already in place to request listing of cases by emailing the court and said it should be followed and oral mentioning should be avoided. Sibal said he had sent the email request, following which the CJI said that he will examine it in the afternoon.

“It will be placed before me in the afternoon, I will do the needful,” said CJI Khanna.

Several petitions have already been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, which received the President’s assent on April 5.

Some of the petitioners include Lok Sabha MPs Asaduddin Owaisi and Mohammad Jawed, AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, Muslim clerics body Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama and NGO Association for Protection of Civil Rights.

The petitioners argue that the Act is manifestly arbitrary, perpetuates discrimination on the grounds of religion, violates the Shariat Act and strips the Muslim community of the right to manage its own religious institutions.