09/08/2022, 4 years ago
SC: Provide a state wise list of minorities, Determining minorities at district level not possible
In a plea challenging the 1993 notification of the Central government declaring Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, and Jains as minorities at the national level and questioning the constitutionality of the provisions under the National Commission for Minorities Act enabling the said notification, seeking the recognition of minorities at the district level, the bench of Justices UU Lalit and S Ravindra Bhat has directed that a state wise list of minorities be produced.
