CJI: you also concede and the other side also... ... Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court [Day 5]

CJI: you also concede and the other side also conceded that the 81 amendment has some bearing on the case ...if we accept that the 81 amendment has some bearing on the minority character of the AMU, because lets face it, the objective of the 81 amendment was to reaffirm the minority character ....can we really decide this without going into the validity of the 81 amendment? otherwise look at this way can our judgement (of 7 judges) be made contingent on what a lesser bench will decide on the validity of the amendment?

CJI: suppose we reverse the judgement of HC, and affirm the validity of 81 amendment. In which case how can we say that we will decide the AMU minority status dehors the amendment and the moment you look at the 81 amendment you have to necessarily look at the Allahabad judgement. So we will all sit down at lunch...