Allahabad High Court declares UP Madrasa Education Act, 2004, 'unconstitutional'
Press Trust of India | March 22, 2024 | 02:08 PM IST | 1 min read
The petitioner had challenged the constitutionality of the UP Madrasa Board as well as objected to the management of madrasa by the Minority Welfare department.
LUCKNWOW: The Allahabad High Court Friday declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004, "unconstitutional" and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to accommodate current students in the formal schooling system.
A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow branch of the court declared the law ultra vires on a writ petition filed by a person named Anshuman Singh Rathore.
Rathore had challenged the constitutionality of the UP Madrasa Board as well as objected to the management of madrasa by the Minority Welfare department, both by Union of India and the state government.
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