# Supreme Court To Examine RTE Act For Madrasas, Vedic Pathshalas 2026-08-13T20:17:34+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court will examine whether the Right to Education (RTE) Act applies to minority educational institutions, including madrasas, Vedic pathshalas, and other centres of religious instruction. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu has ordered a public interest litigation filed by Maharashtra State Minority Commission Chairman Pyare Zia Khan to be heard alongside an existing case on the RTE Act and Teacher Eligibility Test for minority institutions. The court had earlier, in a 2014 judgment, exempted minority institutions from the RTE Act. It has since questioned that ruling and sought consideration by a larger Bench. The new plea seeks scrutiny of whether institutions that primarily impart religious instruction can remain outside the RTE framework. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com Tags: education policy, madrasas, minority institutions, RTE Act, Supreme Court, Vedic pathshalas Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-to-examine-rte-act-for-madrasas-vedic-pathshalas/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-to-examine-rte-act-for-madrasas-vedic-pathshalas/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.