The Supreme Court of India has declined to entertain 13 more petitions challenging the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, stating that it will only hear the five main cases already under consideration. Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna emphasized the court's decision to manage the volume of petitions, directing new petitioners to intervene in the existing cases if they wish to present additional arguments. The next hearing for preliminary objections and interim orders is scheduled for May 5, with the Centre assuring no property denotification or council appointments until then. In a separate development, the Supreme Court also refused bail to former Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a 1990 Jamnagar custodial death case. The court, however, expedited the hearing of Bhatt's appeal against his life imprisonment sentence, indicating a focus on resolving the matter swiftly. Regarding the Pegasus spyware controversy, the Supreme Court upheld the use of spyware for national security purposes but stressed that it should not target civil society. The court declined to make public the report of its technical committee investigating the allegations, citing concerns over the country's security and sovereignty. The court will hear the matter again on July 30, and it emphasized the need to balance state security with individual privacy rights.