NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed an interim stay on Allahabad high court‘s order quashing UP Board of Madrasa Education Act and stopped relocation of 17 lakh students along with 10,000 teachers to government schools.
The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notices to the Centre, Uttar Pradesh government and others on the pleas against the high court order.
A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud said though state has a legitimate interest in ensuring quality education for students to enable them earn a degree for dignified pursuit of profession, HC was prima facie wrong in striking down a legisaltion which was only regulatory in nature.
“The object and purpose of Madrasa board is regulatory in nature and the Allahabad HC is not prima facie correct that establishment of board will breach secularism,” the bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said.
On March 22, the Allahabad HC had ruled that the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004, is “unconstitutional” and infringes upon the principle of secularism. The court directed the state government to integrate current students into the formal education system.
(With agency inputs)
The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notices to the Centre, Uttar Pradesh government and others on the pleas against the high court order.
A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud said though state has a legitimate interest in ensuring quality education for students to enable them earn a degree for dignified pursuit of profession, HC was prima facie wrong in striking down a legisaltion which was only regulatory in nature.
“The object and purpose of Madrasa board is regulatory in nature and the Allahabad HC is not prima facie correct that establishment of board will breach secularism,” the bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said.
On March 22, the Allahabad HC had ruled that the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004, is “unconstitutional” and infringes upon the principle of secularism. The court directed the state government to integrate current students into the formal education system.
(With agency inputs)