Waqf an Islamic concept but not essential part of faith, Centre tells Supreme Court

Waqf is an Islamic concept but not an essential part of the faith, the Union government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday, reported Live Law.

The statement came in response to a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Union government, told a bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih that waqf boards discharged secular functions and hence, the inclusion of non-Muslims in them was permissible.