AMU row: Can varsity be minority institution, SC asks

April 04, 2016 19:34

"Can a university itself be termed as a minority institution," the Supreme Court today asked during the hearing of a plea seeking a direction to quash the appointment of Aligarh Muslim University's vice-chancellor Lt

Gen (Retd) Zameeruddin Shah.

The remark by a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit came when senior advocate Salman Khurshid, appearing for one of the parties, submitted that it has to be seen to what extent the apex court can interefere in the matter in view of the fact that another bench was dealing with the issue whether AMU was a minority institution.

"If it is declared that it is a minority institution, then it has to be seen as to how far a direction can be given," he submitted, with Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi referring to the Centre's stand that the AMU cannot be

accorded a minority status.

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