AMU minority status case
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The Supreme Court of the country has given an important decision regarding the status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Supreme Court has said in a majority decision that minority status is not lost merely because the institution was created through law. The bench, while giving its verdict by 4:3 majority, said S. Rejected the 1967 decision of Aziz Basha v. Union of India, which held that an institution created by any law cannot claim to be a minority institution. The court has said that the AMU minority claim will be decided on the basis of who established it. Now a regular bench will decide whether AMU is a minority institution or not.
The minority status of the university was abolished in 1965. In 1967, the university filed a petition in the Supreme Court, which was rejected by the court. Since then the university has been fighting to get minority status.
Let us know what is the controversy regarding minority status of AMU? How did this case reach the court? What is the demand made in the petition? Now what decision has the Supreme Court given? 1967 decision which was rejected? Now what will happen next in the matter?
