“The 1981 Amendment: When Indira Gandhi government brought an act of Parliament to ‘Restore’ AMU’s minority status”, Swarajyamag, February 2, 2024:

“A seven-judge Constitutional Bench headed by CJI D Y Chandrachud has reserved its judgement on the case concerning the Aligarh Muslim University’s ‘minority’ tag. 

What is lesser known is that in 1967, the apex court had effectively adjudged that the AMU was NOT a minority institution. A five-judge SC bench, in the Azeez Basha case held that AMU was not entitled to minority education institution status as it was neither established nor administered by the Muslim minority.

This judgment was made redundant by the Indira Gandhi government in 1981 through an Act of Parliament.

This is the story of that 1981 Amendment….”

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