UP Madrasa Act not unconstitutional! High Court order stayed, know when hearing will be held

UP Madarsa Act: The Supreme Court has put a stay on the High Court’s order declaring the UP Madrasa Act 2004 unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has issued notice to the UP government and other parties. Hearing on this case will start from the second week of July. The High Court had considered running a madrasa on government grants to be against secularism. The state government was asked to enroll madrassa students in general schools.

The UP government said in the Supreme Court that it has accepted the order of the High Court. Due to Madrassa, the government was incurring an annual expenditure of Rs 1096 crore. Madarsa students will be admitted to other schools but the petitioners argued that 17 lakh students and 10 thousand teachers will be affected by this order.

What did the Supreme Court say?

The Supreme Court said that the main objective of the Madrasa Act is to regularize Madrasa education. This cannot be said to be against the principles of secularism. This order means that for the time being madrassas will continue to function in UP. Madrasa operators had challenged the decision of the High Court on March 22. The Supreme Court asked the UP government and those who filed the petition in the High Court to respond by May 31. The parties filing the appeal in the Supreme Court will give their response by June 30. The next hearing of the case will be in the second week of July.

How many madrassas are there in UP?

According to a report, there are a total of 16 thousand madrassas in Uttar Pradesh, in which 13.57 lakh students study. Of these, there are 560 madrassas which get government grants. 9500 teachers work in them. On March 22, the Lucknow bench of the UP High Court had declared the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Act 2004 unconstitutional. Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra had given orders to follow this order on Thursday.

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