Indian SC reserves judgment on minority status of Aligarh Muslim University

Delhi: The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University after eight days of hearings.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the Court will decide if Aligarh Muslim University enjoys a minority status under Article 30 of the Constitution of India.

After eight days of wide-ranging arguments, a seven-judge bench in the Supreme Court reserved its judgment in a clutch of petitions demanding minority status for the AMU.

The top court heard the arguments in the case for eight days. The seven judge constitutional bench was examining the validity of the 1967 verdict (Azeez Basha judgment) by a five-judge Supreme Court bench that took away the minority status of AMU and Allahabad High Court Judgement that scrapped 1981 amendments by Parliament.

In 1967, the apex court scrapped AMU’s minority status stating that it was neither established nor administered by Muslim minority.