A madarsa managing committee of Bengal on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging it’s verdict upholding a law on the appointment of teachers by a commission for minority institutions.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant said it would hear the plea next week.

Senior advocate Salman Khurshid, appearing for the managing committee of the Contai Rahamania High Madrasah, told the court that the case needed to be heard by a larger bench as the challenged verdict was in conflict with a similar judgment on minority rights given earlier by a three-judge bench of the top court.

He told the court that the petitioner was the same organisation on whose plea the judgement of January 6 had been pronounced.

A two-judge bench of the top court had on January 6 upheld a law framed by the Bengal government in 2008 to constitute the Madrasah Service Commission for appointment of teachers, saying the selection of teachers and their nomination by the panel was not violative of the rights of minority educational institutions. The apex court had held that the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission Act, 2008, ensured the panel of experts screened talent across the state, adopted a fair selection procedure and picked the best candidates.