Leading Online Desk : Allahabad High Court has struck down the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Act 2004. The Allahabad High Court has said that this Act is unconstitutional and against the principle of secularism in the Constitution. The High Court has also ordered the state government to admit nearly 2.6 lakh students of these madrasas in government schools. (UP Madrasa Act Struck Down)
Justice Vivek Chaudhary, and Subhash Vidyarthi gave the result is The verdict also said that new schools should be built if deemed necessary while admitting madrasah students to government schools, and additional number of seats should also be sanctioned. This result has been given on March 22. The madrasa association has said that it will challenge this decision in the Supreme Court.
What is the number of Madrasahs in Uttar Pradesh?
Uttar Pradesh has 16513 recognized madrassas, out of which 560 madrassas receive government assistance. While the number of unapproved madrasas is 8,400. The Wire According to the information provided by this website, 19.5 lakh students study in recognized madrasas, while seven lakh students study in non-recognised madrasas.
What does the court say? UP Madrasa Act Struck Down
The constitution states that children in the age group of 6 to 14 should get free and compulsory education. But the high court has said that students are being deprived of their right to modern and quality education from madrasahs. On the other hand, while children of all other religions get quality education, Madrasa Board does not provide modern education. This is a violation of Article 21 and 21 (a) of the Constitution. At such a time, the state government cannot shirk its responsibility by saying that the students are given traditional education at a low fee, the High Court said.
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Why don't students have modern education? UP Madrasa Act Struck Down
The petition was filed by Anshuman Singh Rathore, a lawyer from Uttar Pradesh. Rathod had said that the Madrasa Act is against the principle of secularism in the constitution and also violates the principle of quality education till class 8.
The High Court has given an 86-page verdict. The court held that the Madrasa Act violates Articles 14, 21 and 21 (a) of the Constitution as well as Section 1956 of the UGC. While giving this judgement, the judge studied the courses from class I to 12 in madrasahs. The judge said the curriculum was not equivalent to the curriculum taught to students in other regular schools.
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