AMU no more a minority institution: HC

The Allahabad High Court has termed the granting of minority status to Aligarh Muslim University as unconstitutional.

In a major setback to the Centre, a division bench of the Allahabad High Court termed the granting of minority status to Aligarh Muslim University as unconstitutional.

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Upholding an earlier ruling the court also quashed 50 per cent reservation for Muslims.

The order was passed by a bench comprising Chief Justice AN Ray and Justice Ashok Bhushan on petitions filed by the central government and AMU challenging the single-judge verdict on October 4, 2005.