Explained: Key facts about AMU, from student body composition …
6 days ago · AMU was established through the Aligarh Muslim University Act of 1920. It had its roots in the mid-1800s, beginning with the efforts of educationist and reformer Sir Syed Ahmed Khan. At its inception, AMU was an attempt to create a “Muslim” university. ... Our award-winning news reports, explainers now straight on your device
How the Supreme Court cleared the decks for AMU to claim
2 days ago · This decision sparked widespread protests, ultimately leading to an amendment of the AMU Act in 1981, which officially recognised the university’s minority status. In 2005, the university ...
In AMU, welcome relief: ‘Easier now to prove it’s a minority ...
5 days ago · A wave of relief swept the Aligarh Muslim University campus the moment Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, reading out the 4-3 majority verdict Friday morning, overruled the Supreme Court’s 1967 ruling which had held that AMU was not a minority institution. ... Some students watched the news in their hostel rooms or caught up with it when ...
Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status SC overrules 1967 …
6 days ago · The apex court by 4:3 majority verdict said the issue of AMU minority status to be decided by a regular three-judge bench. The bench said that in order to determine whether an institution is a ...
How Supreme Court’s AMU verdict sets new norms for ... - India …
3 days ago · In 2019, the Supreme Court referred the AMU matter to a seven-judge bench, which reserved the verdict in February this year. The Supreme Court’s decision reaffirms the foundational role of minority rights in India’s constitutional framework, setting a new precedent for evaluating the historical and cultural origins of educational institutions.
Supreme Court rules on Aligarh Muslim University’s minority …
6 days ago · In 2005, AMU for the first time provided 50% reservation for Muslims in postgraduate medical programs. The following year, Allahabad High Court struck down both the university order, and the 1981 amendment on the ground that AMU was not a minority institution as per Azeez Basha.. The HC order was challenged in the SC soon afterward.
AMU Minority Status: Supreme Court overrules 1967 judgment, …
6 days ago · The Constitution Bench deliberated on several issues regarding the indicia for treating an educational institution as a minority educational institution, such as the correctness of the 1967 judgment of the Supreme Court in S Azeez Basha vs Union of India (five-judge Bench), which rejected the minority status of AMU; and the nature & correctness ...
SC overrides 1967 verdict that removed Aligarh Muslim University…
5 days ago · New Delhi The Supreme Court on Friday, by a 4-3 majority, overturned its 1967 decision in the Azeez Basha case that denied minority status for the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), holding that AMU ...
Minority status: Aligarh Muslim University teachers and students ...
6 days ago · A wave of celebration pervaded Aligarh Muslim University after the Supreme Court judgment on Friday (November 8, 2024) affirmed the right of the central university to seek minority status. Vice ...
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