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Friday, May 23, 2025
TopicMinority institutions

Topic: Minority institutions

Chandrachud’s AMU judgment delivers justice without getting weighed down by past SC verdict

Justice Chandrachud's AMU judgment overturned a key aspect of the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision, which had held that an educational institution deriving its legal character from a statute is not “established” by a minority.

Supreme Court’s 4:3 split keeps AMU’s minority status open. Why dissenting opinion could be key

The minority opinions appear to be more explicit in answering—in the negative—whether AMU satisfies the parameters devised by the majority.

Supreme Court overrrules 1967 verdict on Aligarh Muslim University minority status

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday overruled by 4:3 majority the S Azeez Basha versus Union of India case which in 1967 held...

‘Knowledge of Islamic culture’ required for technical assistant — BJP slams Aliah University job ad

It's in statutes, says Aliah University after Amit Malviya attacks 'attempt to eat into reservations'. Will ensure merit is the criteria for filling vacancies, says V-C Wahab.

‘No approval required’ — HC on principal, staff appointments by minority education institutions

HC judgment comes on Delhi Tamil Education Association petition, complaining about the education department not responding to its requests to approve appointments to fill vacancies.

Huge surge in minority institutions after RTE Act. Even DPS Bengaluru became one to avoid quota

Right to Education Act mandated schools to allocate 25% of their seats to disadvantaged communities. To circumvent this and preserve the elite character of schools, minority status became a godsend.

On Camera

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

Reliance Defence ties up with German arms maker Rheinmetall AG to make explosives for export markets

Reliance Defence Ltd to set up greenfield manufacturing facility for the collaboration in the Watad Industrial Area of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.

Pakistan has a 7-year terror itch. Here’s a two-minus-one-front idea to cure it

Pakistani establishments and their proxies are prone to severe, predictable 7-year-itch. Each step up the escalation ladder buys India about this many years of deterrence on average.