The minority status of Aligarh Muslim University to remain intact- Supreme Court

New Delhi| The Supreme Court on Friday gave its historic verdict regarding the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud said that the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University will remain intact.

A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court has ruled on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University. CJI, Justice Sanjeev Khanna, JD Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra have taken a unanimous decision. While Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Dutta and Satish Chandra Sharma gave a dissenting verdict. A 7 judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled by a majority of 4:3 that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is entitled to minority status under Article 30 of the Constitution of India. The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court was hearing in connection with a 2006 decision of the Allahabad High Court. It was said in the High Court order that AMU is not a minority institution.

In the year 2019, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court had handed over the case to a seven-judge bench. A seven-judge Constitution bench heard the petitions filed regarding granting of minority status under Article 30 of the Constitution of India to Aligarh Muslim University and had later reserved the verdict. The court heard this case for eight days.

S. of the year 1968. In the case of Aziz Basha vs. Union of India, the Supreme Court had considered AMU as a central university, but in the year 1981, the minority status of the institution was restored by bringing amendments in the AMU Act 1920. Later it was challenged in Allahabad High Court and the matter reached the Supreme Court.