Asaduddin Owaisi moves Supreme Court against Waqf Bill

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AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has moved Supreme Court, challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, calling it discriminatory and a violation of the fundamental rights of Muslims.

The bill, passed in the Lok Sabha on April 3 and cleared in the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favour, has come under sharp criticism from several quarters of the Muslim community.

Owaisi’s plea argues that the new law strips waqfs of legal protections that continue to apply to Hindu, Jain, and Sikh religious and charitable endowments. 

This, the petition states, amounts to “hostile discrimination” against Muslims and violates Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution, which prohibit discrimination on the grounds of religion.

“The amendment takes away protections from waqfs while retaining them for other religious endowments,” the plea states, adding that such selective treatment is unconstitutional.

The petition says it is the judiciary’s constitutional duty to protect minorities from the “tyranny of the majority” and safeguard the rights granted under Part III of the Constitution.