The lawsuit comes as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown strikes higher education, prompting a slew of lawsuits against White House officials.

The new law passed by Parliament states that existing ‘waqf by user’ properties registered on or before the commencement of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, will remain as waqf properties, ‘except that the property, wholly or in part, is in dispute or is a government property’

Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has defended his role as Chairman of the Central Waqf Council and stated that the Ministry of Minority Affairs is not exclusive to Muslims but represents all six officially recognised minority communities