Great decision of the Supreme Court on madrassas.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court has given its verdict on whether UP’s Madrassa Act is constitutional or unconstitutional. The Supreme Court declared the UP Madarsa District Act, 2004 constitutional and upheld the constitutionality of the UP Madarsa Board. The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the ‘Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act, 2004’, barring some provisions.
High Court decision rejected
Let us tell you that earlier on March 22, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court had declared the UP Madarsa Board Act unconstitutional and ordered enrollment of all students in general schools. However, the Supreme Court stayed the High Court’s decision on April 5.
Impact on future of 17 lakh students
This was heard in detail in the Supreme Court. After which the bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra reserved its decision on October 22. The Supreme Court’s decision will affect the future of 17 lakh students studying in over 16,000 madrassas in UP.
What did the Supreme Court say?
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has said that all the provisions of the UP Madrasa Act do not violate fundamental rights or the basic structure of the Constitution. The court has described it as constitutional. Let us tell you that this law was passed by the state government in the year 2004, when Mulayam Singh Yadav was the Chief Minister.
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