UP Madarsa Education Bill unconstitutional: UP Madarsa Education Bill struck down by High Court as unconstitutional

UP Madrasa Law: Detailed verdict in case awaited. (document)

Lucknow:

The Allahabad High Court has struck down the UP Madarsa Education Board Bill, 2004, declaring it “unconstitutional” as it violated the principles of secularism.

A division bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Subhash Vidyarthi directed the state government to accommodate students of madrasas in the formal education system.

The Lucknow bench’s order came on a petition by Anshuman Singh Rathore, who had challenged the UP Madrasa Board and its management by the Minority Welfare Department .

A detailed verdict in the case is awaited.

The ruling comes months after the UP government decided to conduct a probe into Islamic educational institutions in the state.

In October last year, the government also set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the foreign funding received by religious schools.