National Conference to file writ petition in Supreme Court against Waqf Bill

National Conference will likely to move the Supreme Court of India to file a 'writ petition' against the 'Waqf Amendment Act', party’s chief spokesperson and legislator Tanvir Sadiq said on Wednesday (April 9). “On the direction of President Farooq Abdullah, the National Conference (NC) will file a writ petition in the Supreme Court. This legal battle will now be fought there,” Sadiq told media outside J&K Assembly after the House was adjourned sine die today.

JKNC MLA Tanvir Sadiq said, "We are saddened by what has happened in the Assembly in the last three days. We are against the Waqf Amendment bill. We tried to raise our opposition



against it in the assembly. On directions of Dr Farooq Abdullah, the National Conference will file a writ petition against the Waqf Amendment Act in the Supreme Court as soon as possible...We will continue to raise the issue of statehood on various platforms."

He said the NC believes that this Act represents a constitutionally “alarming interference” in the religious affairs of the Muslim community. “It (the Act) violates fundamental constitutional protections under Articles 14, 15, 21, 25, 26, 29, and 300A, and it is a direct attack on the religious freedom, equality, and property rights of Muslims across the country,” the NC leader said.