The core questions for determination by the constitution bench are whether the Aligarh Muslim University was founded by the Muslims and when the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College was transformed into AMU in 1920 by the AMU Act, did it also carry with it the tag of (MAO College) being a Muslim minority institution.
The top court in 1967 had in the Azeez Bhasha case held that the AMU was a central university and, minority status under Article 29 and Article 30 cannot be conferred on it.
A lawyer was shot dead by bike-borne assailants in front of the JN Medical College near the Aligarh Muslim University…
Prof Arshad Hussain Khan of Mechanical Engineering Department, Ajay Bisaria of Hindi Department and Prof Farid Mehdi of Civil Engineering Department are in the inquiry committee.
In view of the prima facie evidence of misconduct and seriousness of the matter, Dr Jitendra Kumar (Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, J N Medical College, AMU has been placed under suspension pending an inquiry.
However, the schedule of examinations for students admitted in the faculty of medicine, Unani medicine, engineering and technology, law and management studies and research will be notified separately.
With a spate of such cases, those associated with university faculty bodies have sought an upgrade in Covid-19 support facilities.
When Prime Minister Modi told the same audience 72 years later on Tuesday that “we are heading to a path where no one is left behind because of religion”, he was iterating the Nehruvian construct.
'Whatever religion we are born in, it is important to see how to blend our aspirations with national goals,' PM said.
The AMU scientist said that he had been working on these cells for a decade and has established a dedicated lab to initiate pioneer research on Cancer Stem Cells at AMU.
