Gauhati HC upholds government decision to convert madrassas into general schools
The Hindu
The madrassas which are wholly maintained by the State cannot impart religious instructions in terms of the mandate of Article 28(1) of the Constitution of India, the Court said in its judgement
The Gauhati High Court on February 4 upheld The Assam Repealing Act, 2020, under which all provincialised (government-funded) madrassas are to be converted into general schools in Assam.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia said the 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.
It also dismissed a writ petition challenging the validity of the Act.
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