AMU judgment 2024 Archives

We dissent! Here’s why 3 out of 7 Supreme Court Judges ruled against AMU’s minority status

“To assume that the minorities of the country require some ‘safe haven’ for attaining education and knowledge is wholly incorrect. The minorities of the country have not just joined the mainstream but comprise an important facet of the mainstream itself.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court (Constitution/Larger Benches)

[AMU Verdict] Minority Status of educational institutions not affected by statute, date of establishment, or non-minority administration: Supreme Court holds in 4:3 verdict

“To be a minority institution, it only had to be established by the minority and not necessarily be administered by the minority members. Minority institutions may wish to emphasise secular education and for that minority members are not needed in administration”