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The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) reserved its verdict on pleas difficult the Allahabad Excessive Court docket judgment, which declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh legislation on madrasas as unconstitutional on the bottom of it being violative of the precept of secularism.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud and Justices J. B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard a battery of attorneys on behalf of eight petitioners moreover Further Solicitor Common Okay.M. Natraj for the Uttar Pradesh authorities for nearly two days earlier than reserving the decision.
Commencing the ultimate arguments on the pleas in opposition to the decision, the Bench, on Monday heard senior attorneys together with Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Salman Khurshid and Menaka Guruswamy for the petitioners.
On Tuesday, the highest court docket additionally heard senior advocates together with Mukul Rohatgi, P. Chidambaram and Guru Krishna Kumar for numerous litigants.
On March 22, the Allahabad Excessive Court docket had declared the Act as “unconstitutional” and violative of the precept of secularism, and requested the State authorities to accommodate madrasa college students within the formal education system.
On April 5, the CJI-led Bench had supplied a breather to about 17 lakh madrasa college students by staying the decision of the Excessive Court docket scrapping the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Training Act, 2004.
The highest court docket heard about eight petitions, together with the lead one filed by Anjum Kadari in opposition to the Excessive Court docket verdict.
Revealed – October 22, 2024 05:33 pm IST
