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2:20; May 5: Petitions challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 will now be heard on May 15 by the Supreme Court Bench led by Justice BR Gavai who will take oath as the next CJI on May 14, 2025.

2:14; May 5: CJI Khanna says he does not want to reserve any judgment or order even at an interim stage.  “This matter has to be heard at an early stage. I will post it before Justice Gavai’s Bench on Wednesday or Thursday”, he said. 

2:10 pm; May 5: CJI Khanna says "We have not very deeply gone into the counter affidavit. Yes, you have raised certain points in regards to registration and have given some disputed figures, that will require some consideration".

"There are certain aspects you dealt, but that requires clarification. I don't have to reserve any judgment or order at interim stage. This matter will have to be heard on reasonably early date and this will not be before me."

2:09 pm; May 5: Supreme Court lists hearing for May 15. CJI Sanjeev Khanna says no interim order on Waqf Act pleas, full hearing needed later.

2:05 pm; May 5: The government's claim that there has been a "shocking increase" in the quantity of Waqf assets uploaded to the central portal since 2013 has drawn strong criticism from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) seeking action against the relevant authority for filing a “false affidavit”.

2:00 pm; May 5: Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Kumar Nishad says, "... Whatever decision will be taken, we will accept it. We feel that the Court is in favour of the poor, and the Muslims will also benefit from this... I think the Court will pay attention to this."

1:50 pm; May 5: The Supreme Court will hear a batch of five petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, in a few minutes from now. The petitioners have pinned their hopes on the Supreme Court ahead of the hearing,

May 5, 2025 - The Supreme Court will today, May 5, hear a number of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025. The hearing will begin at 2:00 pm by a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Sanjiv Khanna. The other two judges on the Bench are Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice KV Vishwanathan.

The last hearing concluded on April 17 with the Centre assuring India’s top Court that it would hold back on two key and contentious aspects of the Bill - identification of Waqf properties, including “waqf by user”, and not make any new appointments to the Central Waqf Council and Boards until the May 5 hearing.

The government is represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who had filed more than 1,300-page affidavit in an interim response to the petitions. The Court will have limited time to hear the pleas and the lawyers with CJI Khanna due to retire on May 13. It will hear five lead petitions of the 150 filed including one filed by AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) chief Asaduddin Owaisi.