Aligarh Muslim University Act

Aligarh Muslim University Act was enacted in the year 1920 by the imperial legislation.^[1] In 2005 Allahabad High Court quashed Aligarh Muslim University Amendment Act, 1981, was unconstitutional and that the AMU was not a minority institution and, therefore, the notification issued by the Human Resource Development Ministry on February, permitting the university to reserve seats for Muslims in post-graduate medical courses was illegal.^[2]

The Act was amended in 1951 in order to do away with the Islamic teachings.^[3] The Act was amended in 1967 which was challenged in Azeez Basha case.^[4]

Minority status

The Act is more or less into lime because of the debate on whether the Aligarh Muslim University was a minority status or not? It is under scrutiny of the Supreme Court of India.^[5] AMU was declared a minority institution by the AMU Amendment Act in 1981 by the Parliament.^[6]

References

Notes

1. Graff, Violette (1990-01-01). "Aligarh's Long Quest for 'Minority' Status: AMU (Amendment) Act, 1981". Economic and Political Weekly 25 (32): 1771–1781.
2. "The Hindu : Front Page : Aligarh Muslim University withdraws SLP". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
3. "Aligarh Muslim University not a minority institution: Govt tells SC". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. Retrieved 2016-04-05. External link in |website= (help)
4. "Government To Not Support Minority Status For Aligarh Muslim University". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
5. "AMU row: Centre to withdraw UPAs appeal, push for non-minority status". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
6. "Govt stand on AMU heats up debate over minority status of the university". The Indian Express. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-06.