Supreme Court conducted a hearing on the Madrasa case on Tuesday. The highest court has paused the decision of the Allahabad High Court and is still considering its ruling. Contrarily, Yogi Adityanath from Uttar Pradesh opposed the total elimination of the Madrasa law. According to the UP government, provisions that are infringing should be eliminated.
The High Court deemed the Madrasa law to be in contradiction with the principle of secularism. It also mandated the enrolment of over 1.2 million students from 13,364 madrasas into State Education Board recognized regular schools.
During the case hearing, Additional Solicitor General KM Natrajan, representing the Uttar Pradesh government, stated that the state government did not support the idea of abolishing the UP Madrasa Education Board Act, 2004, as per the queries raised by the apex court. He informed the bench that the state government thought that the Allahabad High Court’s decision declaring the entire Madrasa Act unconstitutional was incorrect.
Natarajan informed the bench that the state government supports the removal of the provisions of the Madrasa Act that are considered violative. Upon being asked by the Additional Solicitor representing the UP government, he stated his endorsement of the Madrasa Act’s legitimacy. Because the law’s constitutionality has been ruled out, we have something to say. We are upholding the law. He stated that the state government submitted its response in support of the Act to the High Court, reaffirming its stance.
The bench stated that the state government wants to integrate madrasas into the mainstream. If not incorporated into areas like mathematics, science, and other essential subjects, how will they create competent members of society. We will abide by the law, but getting rid of it entirely is akin to discarding something valuable along with something worthless.