Datta J : when was for the first the institution... ... Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 6]

Datta J : when was for the first the institution was recognised as minority institution ?

SG: this? was never recognised

Khanna J : merely because the statute provides for the word administration cannot lead to a finding that it was a minority or majority institution. .... if we accept that argument it will lead to difficulty , how can that be? merely because administration is provided by the statute that may not be criteria. We have to find out who are the people actually administering it ...

SG : I bow down, the statute as it stood in 1981 and in that context examining the request of Mr Banatwala that right now it not our administration and therefore we are unable to fall in the second part of article 30(1) that establishment yes, but not administered by us