During a hearing on pleas challenging the validity of the Waqf Act, the BJP-led Centre told the Supreme Court that shockingly, 20,92,072.536 acres of Waqf land was added after 2013. "Attempts of petitioners challenging validity of Waqf law against basic tenets of judicial review," it added. Calling the Act valid, the Centre said it's a "lawful exercise of legislative power".