Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash SIT Report On Madrassas In Azamgarh

The Allahabad High Court has recently refused to quash a report of SIT which was stated last year that 219 madrassas out of 313 in Azamgarh district existed only on paper and was proposed by the state authorities that an FIR should be registered in this regard.

Justice Kshitij Shailendra dismissed the petition on Wednesday filed by two madrassas.

Allegedly these madrassas, which only existed on the papers and wrongly availed benefit under a modernization scheme for providing teachers & financial assistance to madrassas.

The counsel of state government argued, “SIT was constituted in the state to examine various complaints against madrassas. It submitted a report on November 30, 2022 which was placed before a committee headed by the chief secretary in its meeting dated December 19, 2022 and various actions were proposed against various madrassas including lodging of FIR against the office-bearers of the madrassas under Sections 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC.”

The petitioners’ plea was that the madrassa authorities were never provided with any opportunity, either to participate in the investigation conducted by the SIT or before passing of the resolution dated December 19, 2022 or before accepting the SIT report.