SC issues notice on plea against Act converting state-funded madrassas in Assam to govt schools, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal challenging a Gauhati High Court verdict, which upheld the validity of Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) Act, 1995 (repealed by the Act of 2020) and all consequential government orders, including the notification dated February 12, 2021.A bench comprising Justices...

Plea moved in SC against Guwahati HC’s verdict upholding law to convert state-funded madrassas into schools for general education, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court against the Guwahati High Court verdict that Madrassas wholly maintained by the Assam State cannot be permitted to impart religious instruction.The petition has been moved by 13 persons through advocate-on-record Adeel Ahmed.Advocate Adeel Ahmed in...