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In a significant interim order, the Supreme Court of India<\/strong> has upheld the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025<\/strong>, while pausing or modifying certain provisions that raised legal and constitutional concerns. The verdict was delivered by a bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai<\/strong> and Justice AG Masih<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Court emphasized that laws passed by Parliament can only be struck down in rare situations\u2014when they are clearly unconstitutional, arbitrary, or beyond legislative powers. Petitioners had challenged the Act, arguing it violated fundamental rights under Articles 14, 15, 25, and 26<\/strong> of the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead of invalidating the law entirely, the Court struck a balance\u2014upholding the reform\u2019s core framework but suspending provisions that could lead to misuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ruling allows the government to move forward with its secularization of religious property laws<\/strong>, while also curbing administrative overreach. Analysts say the decision reflects the Court\u2019s cautious but reform-friendly stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The order also signals how the judiciary might approach future debates on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)<\/strong>, which aligns with the ruling party\u2019s larger \u201cOne Nation\u201d vision<\/strong>, including \u201cOne Nation, One Election.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n By upholding most provisions, the Court has preserved the government\u2019s reform agenda, while ensuring checks against misuse. The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025<\/strong> now stands as both a progressive legal reform<\/strong> and a symbol of India\u2019s evolving secularism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a significant interim order, the Supreme Court of India has upheld the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, while pausing or modifying certain provisions that raised legal and constitutional concerns. The verdict was delivered by a bench led by Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih. The Court emphasized that laws […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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