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AMU judgement | Are the dissents closer to the majority than they appear?

What looks like a 4:3 might be closer to 6:1 on key points of the reference & indicators to determine minority character of an institution

Faizan Mustafa

16th Nov 2024

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Aligarh Muslim University judgement: Explained

We explain the 7-judge bench decision which laid down parameters determining the minority status of an institution.

Advay Vora

16th Nov 2024

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Supreme Court to deliver its decision on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University

A seven-judge Constitution Bench will decide whether AMU fulfils the parameters of a minority institution under Article 30

Advay Vora

7th Nov 2024

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Aligarh Muslim University Case: A historical counter

The AMU Act has to be read as a key way-stop on the continuum of the institution’s history, not as something that breaks with it

Mirza Asmer Beg

27th Feb 2024

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Aligarh Muslim University’s Minority Status: Arguments

The Supreme Court reserved judgement in a case determining the minority institution status of Aligarh Muslim University

Advay Vora

24th Feb 2024

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Aligarh Muslim University

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Nationalists, loyalists, religionists: The saga of Aligarh Muslim University

We summarise the key contentions in the Aligarh Muslim University minority status case

Advay Vora

17th Feb 2024

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Who is a minority?

In the AMU hearings, respondents audaciously argued there were no minorities in colonial India. Will the Court consider it?

Advay Vora

5th Feb 2024

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cases

Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay v Union of India

The Supreme Court will decide if Section 2(f) of The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 and Section 2(c) of The National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 is constitutionally valid. This case will determine if minority status should be granted according to national population or on a state-wise basis.

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Next Hearing: October 19, 2022

Last Updated: 20200810

Bench:Sanjiv Khanna CJI, Dipankar Datta J

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Aligarh Muslim University Through its Registrar Faizan Mustafa v Naresh Agarwal

The Court laid down parameters to identify a minority educational institution and directed a smaller regular bench to determine the minority status of AMU on the basis of the parameters

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