Hearing a writ petition against an order of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on madrasas, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court saw one judge disagreeing with the other over certain observations and passing separate orders. While Justice Atul Sreedharan expressed serious concern over the NHRC not taking up matters like “ atrocities by vigilantes and lynching of Muslims ”, Justice Vivek Saran disagreed and said adverse observations were not required when there was no one to represent the commission.

The bench was hearing a writ petition filed by the Teachers’ Association Madaris Arabia and others challenging the NHRC order.…