yogi government got a big setback from supreme court against madrasa board

Lucknow. Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh has received a big blow from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court today gave a major decision and overturned the decision of the Allahabad High Court and declared the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act 2004 as constitutional. The court also rejected the March 22 decision of the Allahabad High Court, in which the UP Madarsa Act was repealed. Four days before retirement, Chief Justice D.Y. After this historic decision given by the bench headed by Chandrachud, there is a possibility of Madrassas of the state getting recognition and stability in their operation. The court held that the provisions of the Act are in line with constitutional values ​​and protect the educational rights of religious minorities. Along with this, the Supreme Court definitely said that the government can make rules regarding madrassa education. No student can be forced to undergo religious education. The Supreme Court also said that the Madrasa Board cannot give higher degrees like Fazil, Kamil, which is contrary to the UGC Act.

Let us tell you that on March 22 this year, Allahabad High Court had declared the UP Madrasa Act 2004 unconstitutional. The court had said that this law was violating the principle of secularism and had ordered to transfer the children studying in madrassas to regular schools. The Supreme Court had already put an interim stay on this order. It may be noted that the UP Madrasa Act was enacted in the year 2004. Under this, Madrasa Board was formed. Its main objective was to improve the system of education in madrasas. There are a total of 25 thousand madrassas in UP, out of which about 16 thousand have been recognized by the UP Board of Madrassas, while around 8 thousand madrassas have not been recognized by the board.