![Aligarh Muslim University: Seven-Judge Bench of Supreme Court to decide on criteria for minority status](http://media.assettype.com/barandbench%2Fimport%2F2019%2F02%2Fsupreme-court-16.jpg?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max)
The Supreme Court has referred the question regarding criteria for conferring minority status on educational institutions to a Bench of seven Judges. The order was passed by a three-Judge Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi with Justices L Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna in the case concerning minority status of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).