Plea Seeking Re-defining 'Minority' Based On State-wise Data: SC Seeks AG's View

Mehal Jain

19 July 2019 3:13 PM IST

  • Plea Seeking Re-defining Minority Based On State-wise Data: SC Seeks AGs View

    On the submission that the declaration of communities as minorities based on national data is illegal, the Supreme Court on Friday requested Attorney General K. K. Venugopal's views on defining minorities in accordance with state-wise population data instead. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which was hearing BJP Leader and Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay's plea, required a...

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