Assam's 'Convert Madrassas To Schools' Order Challenged In Supreme Court
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Filing the appeal against February 4 order, Md Imad Uddin Barbhuiya and others sought a stay on the High Court order.
An appeal was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the Gauhati High Court order upholding The Assam Repealing Act, 2020, under which all provincialised (government-funded) Madrassas are to be converted into general schools in Assam.
The High Court on February 4 had dismissed the petition challenging the validity of the Act and said changes brought about by the legislative and executive action of the State are for the provincialised Madrassas alone, which are government schools, and not for private or community ones.
Filing the appeal against February 4 order, Md Imad Uddin Barbhuiya and others sought a stay on the High Court order.
"The appeal was filed through advocate Adeel Ahmed stated that High Court had erroneously observed that the "Petitioner Madrassas being government schools, and wholly maintained by the State through provincialisation are hit by Article 28(1) of the Constitution of India and as such, cannot be permitted to impart religious instruction," the plea said.
