Daya Singh, a practising Sikh and president of Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Gurgaon, has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
He argued that the Act violates the secular ethos of the Constitution by barring non-Muslims from dedicating property as Waqf.
“It introduces an unreasonable classification based solely on religion and lacks any rational nexus with the objectives it purports to achieve,” the petition states. Singh contended that this restriction undermines his right to perform charitable acts across religious lines—an essential Sikh value.
He also called the law “manifestly arbitrary,” and discriminatory even towards Muslims, citing increased government oversight of Waqf properties compared to the relative autonomy of Hindu and Sikh religious trusts.
The petition, filed through Advocate-on-Record Shwetank Sailakwal, will be heard by a bench comprising CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay Kumar, and Justice KV Viswanathan.
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