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THE Supreme Court has put on hold National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’ (NCPCR) recommendations to stop state funding to madrassas that don’t comply with the Right to Education Act.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of the lawyer of the Muslim organisation, Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, that the communications of the NCPCR and consequential actions of some of the states needed to be stayed.
The organisation has challenged the action of the Uttar Pradesh and Tripura Governments directing that students of unrecognised madrassas should be shifted to Government schools.
The Supreme Court said the communications issued by the body on June 7 and June 25 should not be implemented. In a recent report, the NCPCR said that state funding should be stopped in madrassas unless they comply with the Right to Education Act. The report received sharp reaction from political leaders.
Earlier this month, NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo said he never called for the closure of such madrassas but recommended that state funding to these institutions must be stopped as they were depriving poor Muslim children of education.
