SC imposes interim stay on Allahabad HC order striking down UP Board of Madarsa Education Act

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed an interim stay on an order of the Allahabad High Court that declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, unconstitutional and violative of the principle of secularism...

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notices to the Centre, Uttar Pradesh government and others on the pleas against the high court order...

The object and purpose of Madarsa board is regulatory in nature and the Allahabad HC is not prima facie correct that establishment of board will breach secularism, the bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said...

The high court on March 22 declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, unconstitutional and violative of the principle of secularism, and asked the state government to accommodate current students in the formal schooling system...

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