AMU minority status: SC overrules 1967 verdict, refers matter to regular Bench
Millennium Post Delhi|November 09, 2024
The contentious legal question over Aligarh Muslim Unversity's minority status would be decided by a new Bench, the Supreme Court held on Friday and overruled the 1967 judgement that said the university cannot be considered a minority institution since it was created by a central law.
AMU minority status: SC overrules 1967 verdict, refers matter to regular Bench

In a 4:3 majority verdict, a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, said a legislation or an executive action that discriminated against religious or linguistic minorities in establishing or administering educational institutions, was ultra vires Article 30(1) of the Constitution.

Article 30 deals with the right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions. Article 30 (1) says all minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.

"The view taken in Azeez Basha (1967 verdict) that an educational institution is not established by a minority if it derives its legal character through a statute, is overruled,") held the CII, who authored the 1 18-page verdict, also on behalf of justices Sanjiv Khanna, I B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.

A five-judge Constitution bench in the S Azeez Basha v. Union of India in 1967 said AMU was a central university and couldn't be considered a minority institution. (Additionally, a linguistic or religious minority which has established an educational institution receives the guarantee of greater autonomy in administration. This is the (special rights, reading of the provision," the majority verdict Said.

Justice Chandrachud held that religious or linguistic minorities must prove that they established the educational institution for the community to be a minority educational institution for the purposes of Article 30(1).

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