Reservation of seats in Minority educational Institutions

Article Title: Reservation of seats in Minority educational Institutions

03-10-2023

Indian Economy Current Affairs Analysis

Madras High Court has ruled that educational institutions run by religious and linguistic minorities need not follow the rule of reservation with respect to the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, and Other Backward Class students

Government cannot compel such institutions to provide reservation to such candidates

State government would not have any right to restrict the minority status of an institution to a particular period

the status, once granted, would continue until the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions cancels it on valid grounds.

State government Can insist that the minority institutions could admit students from the religious and linguistic minorities concerned only up to 50% of the sanctioned intake and that the rest must be filled on the basis of merit.

Related Information:

93rd amendment in 2005

Article 15(5)- specifically excludes minority institutions while enabling the State government to make special provisions by law for the advancement of any socially or educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes relating to their admission to educational institutions.

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