The Centre objected to indications from the seven-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud that it could use the ‘legal positivist’ approach, coupled with social considerations, to decide whether Aligarh Muslim University could regain its ‘minority character’. The bench raised the question of whether the surrendering of denominational status in 1920 would cost AMU its minority status permanently.
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A heated debate ensued between CJI D Y Chandrachud and solicitor general Tushar Mehta after the law officer told a seven-judge Supreme Court bench Wednesday that government did not support the amendment to Aligarh Muslim University Act carried out by Parliament in 1981.
