"AMU is not and cannot be a university of any particular religion or religious denomination as any university which is declared by the Constitution to be of national importance, by definition, cannot be a minority institution."

- Centre to Supreme Court

Government said the demand for minority status by Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is a ploy to dodge responsibility, prescribed for universities by the UGC Act, to provide reservation to SCS, STS, OBCs and economically weaker sections in admissions and employment to various posts in the institution.