Supreme Court stays NCPCR’s directive to revoke recognition of madrasas not complying with RTE
The Centre had instructed the states and Union territories to act according to the directives of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed directives issued by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights that asked the Centre and state governments to revoke recognition of madrasas that allegedly failed to comply with the 2009 Right to Education Act, Live Law reported.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra issued an interim order while hearing a writ petition by Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind challenging the directive of the child rights body.
On June 7, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights asked the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh to withdraw the recognition of madrasas that did not comply with the Right to Education Act.
On June 25, the body urged the Union education ministry to instruct the states and Union territories to inspect the madrasas that have the Unified District Information System for Education code.
The system is a government database about schools in India.
The child rights body recommended revoking recognition of non-compliant madrasas.
It also requested a separate Unified District Information System for Education category for madrassas, including those that are recognised, unrecognised and unmapped, instead of extending the current system.
A day later, the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary had directed district collectors to investigate government-funded madrasas that had admitted non-Muslim students and ensure immediate admission of...
