Lucknow:
The Allahabad Excessive Courtroom has struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Schooling Act, 2004, declaring it “unconstitutional” for violating the precept of secularism.
A division bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Subhash Vidyarthi has directed the state authorities to accommodate the madrasa college students within the formal schooling system.
The Lucknow bench’s order got here on a petition by Anshuman Singh Rathore, who had challenged the UP Madrasa board and objected to its administration by the minority welfare division.
An in depth judgment within the case is awaited.
The ruling comes months after the UP authorities determined to survey Islamic schooling establishments within the state.
The federal government had additionally fashioned a Particular Investigating Workforce (SIT) final October to probe the international funding that the madrasas have been receiving.