Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Supreme Court's 2024 ruling on minority educational institutions? 1. The Supreme Court definitively declared Aligarh Muslim University a minority institution and fully restored its status. 2. The Court ruled that an institution created by a parliamentary statute cannot claim minority status.

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D. Neither 1 nor 2 — Statement 1 is incorrect because the 7-judge bench left the specific determination of AMU's status to a regular 3-judge bench based on the new parameters. Statement 2 is incorrect because the Court expressly overruled the 1967 Azeez Basha verdict, stating that statutory incorporation does not strip an institution of its minority status.

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