New Delhi: A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court, presided by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Tuesday upheld the Constitutional validity of the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, thereby setting aside an earlier Allahabad High Court judgment.
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"Statute can be struck down only for violation of part III or legislative competence and not for violating basic structure. The High Court erred in holding that statute had to struck down for violating basic structure," the Supreme Court said. (...to be updated)
