After Congress, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi files petition in SC challenging Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024

AIMIM Member of Parliament, Asaduddin Owaisi, filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025.

In his petition, Owaisi argued that the provisions of the bill "brazenly violated the fundamental rights of Muslims and the Muslim community."

The Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha with 128 members voting in favor and 95 against. It also cleared the Lok Sabha on April 3, with 288 members supporting the bill and 232 opposing it after nearly 12 hours of heated debate.


Earlier, Congress MP Mohammad Jawed also filed a petition in the apex court challenging the validity of the contentious bill.

In his plea, Jawed argued that the bill violated constitutional provisions by imposing "arbitrary restrictions" on the management of Waqf properties, thereby undermining the religious autonomy of the Muslim community.

The petition, submitted through advocate Anas Tanwir, claimed that the bill discriminated against Muslims by enforcing restrictions not applied to the governance of other religious endowments. Jawed emphasized that such measures unfairly targeted the Muslim community and interfered with their right to manage their religious affairs.

The Opposition has long maintained that the proposed amendments in the bill will lead to diminished autonomy for the Muslims which would violate the minority community's rights.

Congress Secretary General Jairam Ramesh had earlier said that the party would soon be taking up the matter in the top court.

"The INC will very soon be challenging in the Supreme Court the constitutionality of the Wakf (Amendment) Bill, 2024", he wrote in a post on X.