DMK Moves Supreme Court Challenging Waqf Amendment Act 2025, Says It Affects Rights Of About 20 Crore Muslims

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the political party in power in the State of Tamil Nadu, has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025.

The petition has been filed through the DMK's Deputy General Secretary A. Raja, Lok Sabha MP, who was also a  Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf Bill. The writ petition was settled by Senior Advocate P Wilson, who is also a Rajya Sabha MP belonging to the DMK.

The petitioner contended that the Amendment Act violates the fundamental rights of about 50 lakh Muslims in Tamil Nadu & 20 crore Muslims in other parts of the country. On March 27, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly had passed a resolution urging the Union Government to withdraw the Waqf Amendment Bill.

The party contended that the Act was passed without considering the serious objections raised by its members both in the JPC as well as during the discussion in the Parliament.

Already, several petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Act, which received the Presidential assent on Saturday (April 5). Today, the petitions were mentioned before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. CJI Sanjiv Khanna said that he would consider the request.

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress MP Md.Jawed, Delhi AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madani, Samastha Kerala Jamiatul Ulema, Indian Union Muslim League, Association for Protection of Civil Rights etc., are some of the petitioners.