The Supreme Court of India has reiterated that the Uttar Pradesh government holds the primary responsibility for covering the educational expenses of the minor Muslim boy who was the victim in the 2023 Muzaffarnagar student slapping case.
UP Police have booked hundreds of Muslims in Muzaffarnagar who symbolically protested against the Waqf Amendment Bill by wearing black armbands during Friday prayers and Eid prayers, for “disrupting peace.”
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government’s “silence” on ensuring that schools in the state inculcate the importance of core constitutional principles of equality, fraternity and secularism in students.
Senior Advocate Shadan Farasat told the Supreme Court on Thursday that while Rule 5 of Uttar Pradesh RTE Rules, 2011 exists to protect children against religious discrimination in school, the authorities are not acknowledging the problem and addressing it, Live Law reported.
Tensions have escalated in the Bharatiya Colony of Muzaffarnagar following a Muslim advocate's recent purchase of a house in the predominantly Hindu neighbourhood. Local...
The Supreme Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government for not counselling students who were instructed by their teacher to slap a Muslim boy inside the classroom.