Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that an amendment was brought in 1981 to accord Aligarh Muslim University minority status, which was held as unconstitutional by the High Court. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said that an amendment was brought in 1981 to accord Aligarh Muslim University minority status, which was held as unconstitutional by the High Court.

The government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it would withdraw its appeal filed against the Allahabad High Court judgment which held that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is not a minority institution.

“We maintain that it is not a minority institution. I have received instructions to withdraw this appeal. I am now distancing myself from AMU’s appeal,” Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a three-judge bench led by Justice J S Khehar.

Rohatgi added that the appeal was moved against the HC judgment by the previous UPA government, but the present government has decided not to support AMU anymore.

He said the government will file an application for withdrawing the appeal and that AMU can fight its case on its own.

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