UP Madarsa Education Act Struck Down By High Court As “Unconstitutional”
UP Madrasa law: A detailed judgment in the case is awaited. (File)
Lucknow:
The Allahabad High Court has struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, declaring it “unconstitutional” for violating the principle of secularism.
A division bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Subhash Vidyarthi has directed the state government to accommodate the madrasa students in the formal education system.
The Lucknow bench’s order came on a petition by Anshuman Singh Rathore, who had challenged the UP Madrasa board and objected to its management by the minority welfare department.
A detailed judgment in the case is awaited.
The ruling comes months after the UP government decided to survey Islamic education institutions in the state.
The government had also formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) last October to probe the foreign funding that the madrasas have been receiving.
