Supreme Court Surprised by Solicitor General’s Rejection of Minority Status for Aligarh Muslim University

Supreme Court seven-judge Constitution Bench today expressed its surprise over the statement made by the Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who said he does not support the 1981 amendment by Parliament to confer minority status on Aligarh Muslim University. On the fifth day of the hearing on the batch of petitions to examine the validity of the 1968 verdict by a five-judge bench that took away the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said, “The Allahabad High Court had struck down the 1981 amendment on various grounds and the High Court’s view appeared to be correct.”