Supreme Court Notice on Plight of Over 25,000 Madrasa Students in U.P.
21 February 2025 | The Hindu
The Supreme Court on Friday (February 21, 2025) issued notice to the Union Government, Uttar Pradesh Government and the State’s Madrasa Board on a petition highlighting the plight of over 25,000 students of madrasas doing fazil (postgraduate) and kamil (undergraduate) courses, which were declared unconstitutional by the top court in November 2024 in a judgment.
The top court had found the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act of 2004, pertaining to the higher levels of fazil and kamil, in direct conflict with the provisions of the University Grants Commission Act…