Guwahati: The Guwahati High Court on Friday upheld the Assam Repealing Act, 2020, under which all provincialised (government-funded) madrassas are to be converted into general schools in Assam.
The changes that were brought by the legislative and executive action of the state are for the provincialised madrassas alone, which are government schools, and not for private or community ones, said a division bench consisting of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Soumitra Saikia, India Today reported.
A writ petition challenging the validity of the act was also dismissed by the division bench.
In 2021, 13 people filed the writ petition in the High Court challenging the government’s decision to convert the state-funded madrassas to general schools.
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