SC declines to suspend Waqf Amendment Act, but stays some provisions

The Supreme Court is scheduled on Monday (September 15, 2025) to pronounce judgment on a plea to stay the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which over 100 petitioners described as a “creeping acquisition” of Muslim properties, while the government defended it as a necessary counter to “rampant encroachment” on public and private properties. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai had heard the case back-to-back for three days in May, the very same month he took over as top judge. The hearing was wrapped up on May 22 and the case was reserved for judgment.

Qatar’s Prime Minister urged the international community on Sunday (September 14, 2025) to reject “double standards” and hold Israel accountable, speaking on the eve of an emergency summit called in response to an unprecedented Israeli strike on Hamas members in Doha. “The time has come for the international community to stop using double standards and to punish Israel for all the crimes it has committed,” Qatari premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told a preparatory meeting on Sunday (September 14, 2025), adding Israel’s “war of extermination” in Gaza would not succeed.

A mob clashed with security forces in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Sunday (September 14, 2025), protesting the detention of two youths for allegedly vandalising the banners and cutouts put up for the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the police said. On the night of September 11, several banners and cutouts put up at Pearsonmun and Phailien Bazaar were vandalised.