Overview

• Supreme Court has kept interim stays on key amendments while reserving judgment on petitions challenging the 2025 Waqf Act changes
• Imarat-e-Shariah has officially rejected the amendments and is demanding a return to the 1995 law after more than 300 representations were dismissed
• A June 29 Patna rally organised by Imarat-e-Shariah triggered district-level demonstrations across Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha
• Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress have publicly backed the protests as they seek to mobilise Muslim voters ahead of Bihar’s upcoming elections
• Movement leaders invoke the farmers’ protest precedent and are considering a mass rally in New Delhi to press for repeal