84 of 1966 .
R. M. Abdul Kari, K. Rajendra Chaudhuri, and K. R. Chaudhuri, for the petitioners in W. P. No.
K. Bhattacharya and M. L Khowaja, for the petitioners in W. P. No.
174 of 1966 .
84, 174, 188, 241 and 242 of 1966.
L. Gauba and S. Saukat Hussain, for the petitioners in P. No.
Shaukat Hussain, for the petitioners in W.P. No.
K. Daphtary, Attorney General, Lily Thomas, P.C. Kapur, H. Dhebar for R. N. Sachthey for the respondent On W.P. No.
K. Daphtary, Attorney General, N. S. Bindra, R. H. Dhe bar, S. P. Nayar for R. N. Sachthey, foe the respondent in P. Nos.
242 of 1966 .
for the petitioners in P. No.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petitions Nos.
188 of 1966 .
Daniel A. Latifi and M. I. Khowaja,.
College and the Muslim University Association and all property, movable and immovable, and all rights, powers and privileges of the two said societies, and all property, movable and immovable, and all rights, powers and privileges of the Muslim University Foundation Committee were transferred and vested in the Aligarh University and were to be applied to the objects and purposes for which the Aligarh University was incorporated.
242 of 1966 .
The preamble says that it is expedient to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential Muslim University at Aligarh, and to dissolve the Societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, which are respectively known as the Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College, Aligarh and the Muslim University Association, and to transfer and vest in the said University all properties and rights of the said Societies and of the Muslim University Foundation Committee.
The long title of the 1920 Act is in these words An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching and residential Muslim University at Aligarh.
241 of 1966 .
1 and 3 in W.P. No.
They attack the companystitutionality of the Aligarh Muslim University Amendment Act, No.
Petitions under Art.
32 of the Constitution of India for the enforcement of fundamental rights.
All debts, liabilities and obligations, of the said societies and Committee were transferred to the University, which was made responsible for discharging and satisfying them.
84, 174 and 242 of 1966 and the respondents Nos.
19 of 1965, hereinafter referred to as the 1965 Act .
All references in any enactment to either of the societies or to the said Committee were to be companystrued as references to the University.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Wanchoo, C. J. These five writ petitions raise companymon ques tions and will be dealt with together.
It is said that thereafter the idea of establishing a Muslim University gathered strength from year to year at the turn of the century and by 1911 some funds Were companylected and a Muslim University Association was established for the purpose of establishing a teaching University at Algarh.
62 of 1951 hereinafter referred to as the 1951 Act and the Aligarh Muslim University Amendment Act, No.
188 of 1966 .
