NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus in states where they outnumber other communities as the Solicitor General. Tushar Mehta Submitted that they were not provided with the affidavit filed by the Center which was filed on Sunday.
In its affidavit filed through the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the Center took the stand that states can grant minority status to Hindus or any other community if the community is not a majority in their jurisdiction, so that they can establish and administer their educational institutions. Can you like.
At the beginning of the hearing, the Solicitor General told the bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kouli And MM Sundresh said that he has not seen the affidavit and has sought an adjournment. However, the bench observed that the contents of the affidavit have been widely reported in the media and expressed surprise that it was not “examined” by the law officer.
Mehta replied in a light-hearted manner that documents in some PILs reached the media in front of the law officer. Thereafter, the court adjourned the hearing for six weeks and adjourned the matter till May 10 for directions. The court allowed one of the petitioners, who had filed an application on the issue of linguistic minority, to intervene in the matter and said that it would examine the issue relating to both religious and linguistic minorities.
In its affidavit filed through the Ministry of Minority Affairs, the Center took the stand that states can grant minority status to Hindus or any other community if the community is not a majority in their jurisdiction, so that they can establish and administer their educational institutions. Can you like.
At the beginning of the hearing, the Solicitor General told the bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kouli And MM Sundresh said that he has not seen the affidavit and has sought an adjournment. However, the bench observed that the contents of the affidavit have been widely reported in the media and expressed surprise that it was not “examined” by the law officer.
Mehta replied in a light-hearted manner that documents in some PILs reached the media in front of the law officer. Thereafter, the court adjourned the hearing for six weeks and adjourned the matter till May 10 for directions. The court allowed one of the petitioners, who had filed an application on the issue of linguistic minority, to intervene in the matter and said that it would examine the issue relating to both religious and linguistic minorities.
Reply to a PIL filed by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay:The Central Government, in an affidavit, said that since the subject of identification of minority communities is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, both the Center and the States have the power to make laws to provide minority states with certain religious or linguistic communities. . country or state.
Upadhyay had said that Hindus, Jews and followers of Bahaism are minorities in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal, Lakshadweep. Manipur and Punjab but the majority community has obtained minority status based on its national population percentage and enjoys the benefits which should be given to the actual minorities in those states.