CJI: in the absence of an express obliteration of... ... Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 6]

CJI: in the absence of an express obliteration of the past, can the court not look into the preexisting history?

SG: no, the simple reason is that history has always held different shapes .....

CJI: therefore is it your submission that unless the statute expressly recognise the minority character of the institution you cannot recognise, can we stretch it to that point

SG: unless the founding facts, members etc are not recognised in the statute, the statute becomes the final word . It would not be possible for any party to request the court to go behind it and try to find out the history

CJI: Annamalai is not under article 30

SG: maybe a linguistic minority I am not aware of ....i have given other examples aswell

CJI: anyway we got your point