How Can Minority Status Be Determined District-Wise?Supreme Court Asks Petitioner

Awstika Das

22 Nov 2022 7:29 PM IST

  • How Can Minority Status Be Determined District-Wise?Supreme Court Asks Petitioner

    While considering a batch of petitions seeking district-wise identification of minorities, the Supreme Court on Tuesday wondered whether it is possible to make such a determination. The petitioner Ashwini Upadhyay drew the attention of a bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and AS Oka to a 2007 order of the Allahabad High Court that had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to treat...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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