Overview
- India’s Supreme Court on Monday disposed of the writ and told the Centre to decide the petitioner’s February 4 representation and share the outcome with him.
- The bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma declined immediate intervention and said the executive must act before any further court review.
- The petition by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeks registration, recognition, supervision, and monitoring of all institutions teaching secular or religious content to children up to 14, citing the right to education.
- Upadhyay alleges unregistered bodies are radicalising children and says he found many such institutions near the Uttar Pradesh border, though these remain claims not tested by the court.
- The filing also urges a narrow read of Article 30 on minority-run schools and places religious instruction under Article 26 on religious bodies, a question the Ministry of Education will now examine with any broader change likely returning to the court.