Bench-led by next CJI to hear pleas challenging Waqf Act: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said the pleas challenging Waqf (Amendment) Act's constitutional validity will be taken up by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India-designate Justice BR Gavai on May 15. "I don't want to reserve any judgment or order at this interim stage," CJI Sanjiv Khanna, who will retire from office on May 13, said.