SC Stays NCPCR Recommendations To Stop State Funding To Madrassas, Shifting Of Students To Formal Govt Schools

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recommendations to stop state funding to Madrassas and Madrassa boards for the alleged non-compliance with Right to Education Act.

The apex court also stayed the operation of the communications issued by child rights body urging states to shift students of unrecognised madrassas to formal government schools, reported ANI.

A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions made by a senior advocate, who represented a Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind.

The organization had moved the apex court to seek stay on the NCPCR recommendation and consequential actions of some of Uttar Pradesh and Tripura governments, directing that students of unrecognised madrassas should be shifted to government schools.

The top court also permitted the Muslim body to make states, other than Uttar Pradesh and Tripura as parties to its petition, reported the Times Now.

Last week, the NCPCR wrote to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories, recommending that madrasa boards be “closed down.” In Kerala, leaders across the political divide had criticized the move.