Overview

• On August 4, a bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh extended the October 2024 interim stay on NCPCR directives urging shifts from unrecognised madrasas to government schools
• The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had issued its communications on June 7 and June 25, 2024, prompting states including Uttar Pradesh and Tripura to relocate madrasa students
• Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, which challenged those state orders, now has the liberty to advance its petition in the appropriate high courts while retaining existing safeguards
• The order underscores the delineation of jurisdiction between the Supreme Court and state high courts in adjudicating constitutional disputes over education policy
• The case is set for further hearing in three weeks, by which time respondents are expected to file their responses