Linguistic Minorities — Landmark Judgments

Landmark Judgments

Re: Kerala Education Bill, 1957

1958

This landmark advisory opinion by the Supreme Court, in response to a Presidential reference, clarified the scope and limits of Article 30(1) concerning the right of minorities to…

T.M.A. Pai Foundation & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka & Ors.

2002

This eleven-judge bench judgment significantly reinterpreted and expanded the scope of Article 30(1) and Article 19(1)(g) concerning the rights of minority educational…

Bal Patil vs. Union of India

2005

While not as widely cited as T.M.A. Pai, this case, though primarily dealing with the definition of 'minority' in the context of the National Commission for Minorities Act,…