The Union government's affidavit was in response to a batch of petitions favouring the district as a unit for determining religious and linguistic minorities.
The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) celebrated the minorities rights day on December 16. The Minister of State for Ministry of Minority Affairs, John Barla graced the function as the Chief Guest which was presided over by Iqbal Singh Lalpura, Chairman, National Commission for Minorities, Chairman, National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, Justice NK Jain…
New Delhi, Nov 22: The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has held consultative meetings with all state governments, Union territories and other stake holders on the issue of identification of minorities at the state level and 14 states have furnished their views so far. It said comments of remaining 19 states and Union territories have not been received and since the matter is “sensitive in nature” and will have “far-reaching ramifications”, some more time should be […]
There exists a legal basis, but such a demand goes against the accepted definition of minorities and underlying principles of protection from majoritarianism.