Tag: Madrassa Education Provincialisation Act

Guwahati:  The Gauhati High Court on Friday upheld the Assam act, enacted last year, to repeal the Madrassa Education Provincialisation Act. All government-run madrassas in Assam were abolished and over 620 such institutions converted into general schools from April 1 last year as the Assam Repealing Act, 2020 – got the Governor’s assent as it passed by the Assembly on December 30, 2020. Upholding the constitutional validity of the Assam Repealing Act 2020, a division bench of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia dismissed a writ petition filed by...