New Delhi. The Supreme Court has given a big decision on Friday regarding the UP Madrasa Act. The Supreme Court has given big relief to 17 lakh students of 16000 madrassas of UP. According to the court order, at present education will continue in madrassas under the 2004 law. The Supreme Court has stayed the decision of Allahabad High Court.
The Supreme Court has put an interim stay on the High Court’s decision. Let us tell you that Allahabad High Court had declared the Act unconstitutional. The Supreme Court said that Allahabad High Court is prima facie not right. It is not correct to say that this is a violation of secularism. The UP government itself had defended the Act in the High Court. The High Court had declared the 2004 Act unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the government and others in the matter.
What did the UP government do in the Supreme Court?
During the hearing of the Madrasa Act 2024 case in the Supreme Court, the UP government said that these madrasas are running on the assistance received from the government itself. Therefore, the court should dismiss this petition in the interest of children from poor families. An attempt is being made to create the impression that religious subjects are along with other curriculum, no they are giving wrong information. In this, general subjects have been made optional. Class 10 students do not have the option to study mathematics and science together. It has been hidden before the High Court that religious education is given. On behalf of the UP government, ASG Nataraj said that if madrassas are running then let them run, but the state should not bear its expenses. Students should be admitted only after the academic session is over.
What was the decision of the High Court?
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court, comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi, declared the law ultra vires and directed the Uttar Pradesh government to formulate a plan so that students studying in madrassas can be accommodated in the formal education system. . The order came during the hearing of a writ petition filed by Anshuman Singh Rathore, challenging the powers of the UP Madrasa Board. Also, objections were raised by the Central and State Governments on the management of Minority Welfare Department and other related madrassas. In this, objections were also raised on issues like the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2012.
It is said that there are about 25 thousand madrassas in Uttar Pradesh and more than 16,500 madrassas are recognized by the UP Board. Earlier in March, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had identified 13,000 illegal madrassas along the UP-Nepal border in the state and submitted a report to the government, recommending the closure of these madrassas. Meanwhile, the court’s decision on Friday has created uncertainty among madrassa students in the state. “We are worried about our future,” said Asif Riaz, a secondary level student at a madrassa in Lucknow. We don’t know how to continue our education because transferring to a new school will not be easy and adapting to the new system will be difficult. The court should have given at least two-three years’ time for this.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 5, 2024, 13:28 IST