Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader and Advisor to the Telangana govt Mohammed Ali Shabbir, along with a few other national leaders, decided to move the Supreme Court to challenge the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, passed in Parliament this week.
It may be recalled that AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi already approached the apex court against the bill.
“We have unanimously decided to challenge the Waqf bill in the Supreme Court. Our petition will be filed on Monday. Although the law will come into effect once it receives the President’s assent and is published in the Gazette, we will move the court based on the final version of the Bill as passed by Parliament,” said Shabbir Ali, who participated in a crucial strategy meeting in New Delhi on Saturday hosted by Indian Muslims for Civil Rights (IMCR).
The meeting was also attended by senior advocate of the Supreme Court and former Union minister Salman Khurshid, former Rajya Sabha MP Mohammed Adeeb, former MP Danish Ali, TPCC secretary Mohammed Jaweed Ahmed, and others.
He termed the Waqf Amendment Act as a direct assault on the religious and constitutional rights of Muslims and a serious infringement on the autonomy of Waqf institutions.
