Communist Party Of India Files Writ Petition In Supreme Court Challenging Waqf Amendment Act 2025

Communist Party of India, through its General Secretary D. Raja has filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 and the provisions inserted and omitted by it in the Waqf Act, 1995. The petition was filed on April 9 through advocate Ram Sankar.

It is contended that the Waqf Amendment Act violates the fundamental rights of about 50 lakh Muslims in Tamil Nadu and 20 crore Muslims in other parts of the country. Earlier, the CPI, in alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), had supported a resolution dated 27 March, 2025 moved by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.K. Stalin in the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu urging the Union Government to withdraw the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025.

 A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Viswanathan will hear ten petitions against the Waqf Amendment Act on April 16.

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress MP Mohd Jawed, Delhi MLA Amanatullah Khan, All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind President, TMC MP Mahua Moitra, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Indian Union Muslim League, RJD MP Manoj Jha, SP MP Zia Ur Rehman, TVK leader actor Vijay etc are some of the petitioners.