The Allahabad High Court has intervened in the investigation of 558 madrassas in Uttar Pradesh, issuing a stay on the process. The court granted interim relief to the madrassas, halting the investigation being conducted by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW). These institutions, which are Islamic religious schools, receive government funding and grants. The court has requested a response from the government within a month.
The Economic Offences Wing was instructed to investigate 558 government madrassas in accordance with the National Human Rights Commission’s directives. The High Court, however, provided interim relief to the petitioners, staying the investigation by the EOW into the 558 grant-in-aid madrassas.
The petition challenges the orders of the National Human Rights Commission dated February 28, 2025, April 23, 2025, and June 11, 2025. These orders directed the Economic Offences Wing to conduct investigations. The petition seeks to nullify this order from the commission.
The court has directed all respondents to file their counter-affidavits within four weeks. The case has been listed for a hearing before the appropriate bench on November 17, 2025. Furthermore, the court has ordered that the implementation and operation of the National Human Rights Commission’s and the government’s orders be put on hold until further notice. The ruling came in response to a petition filed by the Teachers Association of Madaris Arabia, Varanasi, and two other parties, as determined by a double bench composed of Justices Saral Srivastava and Amitabh Kumar Rai.
