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Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud is set to retire on November 10, and with few days left in the office, he is expected to deliver several crucial verdicts, including those on the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 and the wealth redistribution issue.


Here are 5 verdicts the CJI Chandrachud-led bench will deliver before November 10: 

1. Minority status for Aligarh Muslim University (AMU): The bench led by CJI Chandrachud will deliver a verdict on one of the cases that has been the topic of discussion for decades. The judgment on the minority status for Aligarh Muslim University was reserved by the 7-judge Constitution Bench after eight days of marathon hearings on February 1. The petition was filed by AMU, and the AMU Old Boy's Association were key petitioners against the 1968 judgment of the apex court that ruled AMU not a minority institution but a central university institution of national importance and does not belong to a particular community. SC had ruled that once the constitution declares it a university of national importance, it cannot be declared a minority institution.

2. Validity of Madarsa education: The appeals were filed by Madarsas and Muslim individuals challenging striking down of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 by the Allahabad High Court. The bench had reserved the judgment on October 23, and while hearing, CJI Chandrachud emphasised that "secularism means to live and let live.". 

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3. Wealth redistribution issue: The verdict will decide whether Article 39(b) of the constitution empowers the government to redistribute privately owned properties in the name of serving the greater cause. A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court had initiated proceedings after political statements on the issue by political parties. 

4. Delhi ridge tree felling row: The bench will deliver its verdict on illegal felling of trees in Delhi's ridge area, in which Delhi LG's role is under scanner. Earlier, LG VK Saxena said he was “unaware that prior court approval was required before felling of trees in the Ridge area. No one at the site also told about the legal requirement. No act of commission/omission by the DDA Vice Chairman Subhasish Panda too”. 

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5. Ambit of LMV license: The issue was that a person having a driving license in respect of a “light motor vehicle” (LMV) was entitled to drive a “transport vehicle of light motor vehicle class”. There are several disputes over payment of claims by the insurance companies in accident cases involving transport vehicles being driven by those possessing licenses to drive LMVs. The judgment by the bench was reserved on August 21.

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