Key step towards restoration of constitutional principles, says Congress; welcomes SC's interim decision on Waqf Act

New Delhi: Congress has welcomed SC's interim decision in the waqf case which ensures status quo of waqf properties, including waqf by user, until further orders, besides the fact that it elicited an assurance from the government that no non-Muslim would be appointed to the waqf panels for now.

Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi, among lead lawyers who argued in SC against the Waqf Act, said the court's interim decision is an important step towards restoration of constitutional principles.

"We believe this is an important step towards the restoration of the constitutional principles , constitutional morality and institutional rightness and correctness," Singhvi said at a party presser on Thursday after appearing in the case.


AICC general secretary (org) KC Venugopal said the court's observations have brought into sharp focus the apprehensions raised by the INDIA parties inside and outside Parliament.

Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi, one of the petitioners, said, "The Supreme Court, subject to the final order, has stopped many of the anti-constitutional aspects of the Act."