While interim order has sparked hope among some, others like All India Muslim Personal Law Board & Jamaat-e-Islami Hind have decided to continue movement against Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
If legislature finds that 'waqf by user' has led to massive encroachments & seeks to delete the provision, such an amendment cannot be considered arbitrary, SC says.
Making opening argument on behalf of Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta tells SC that state waqf boards discharge secular functions, unlike Hindu endowment boards.
CJI Gavai told petitioners challenging Waqf Act amendments that, for interim relief, they must make out ‘very strong, glaring case; otherwise, presumption of constitutionality will be there’.
Dubey last month launched broadside against SC while it was hearing pleas against Waqf Act. SC said the statements were aimed at scandalising and lowering court's authority.
Legislative design of new law will ensure that no person is denied access to courts & that decisions are made within bounds of fairness & legality, it adds.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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