Aligarh Muslim University Act was enacted in the year 1920 by the imperial legislation. The Act was amended in 1951 in order to do away with the Islamic teachings. The Act was amended in 1967 which was challenged in Azeez Basha case. In 2005
Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high ...
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 in February, permitting the university to reserve seats for Muslims in post-graduate medical courses was illegal.
Minority status
The Act is more or less into limelight because of the debate on whether the
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...
was a minority status or not? It is under scrutiny of the
Supreme Court of India
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. AMU was declared a minority institution by the AMU Amendment Act in 1981 by the
Parliament
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.
The Allahabad High Court ruled in 2005 that AMU Amendment act of 1981 is unconstitutional. The then
UPA government went in appeal to Supreme Court. However, the
NDA Government has withdrawn this in 2016.
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