Like A Child…”: A Owaisi On Judicial Overreach Allegations Over Waqf

New Delhi:

The judiciary is independent and has a duty to check whether a law confirms to the Constitution, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said today when asked about allegations of judicial over-reach after the Supreme Court decided to hear the petitions challenging the amended Waqf law. 

In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Mr Owaisi said the top court has to see whether a law is violating freedoms and fundamental rights, or even the basic structure of the constitution.

“One has to accept.. The government is behaving like a small child. Oh, if I don’t get my toy, I’ll cry. That is not the case,” said the AIMIM chief who has filed one of the petitions challenging the amended Waqf law in the Supreme Court. 

As the top court gave an interim order today, putting on hold two key provisions of the law, the Centre got a week’s time to file a response to the petitions that contend the law is unconstitutional.

The petitioners have claimed the law upends multiple rights granted by the Constitution, including right to equality and freedom of religion.