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The Union government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has sought the views of states on the sensitive issue on whether Hindus, with numerically lower strength in a particular state, be declared a minority community in that state to enjoy constitutionally-guaranteed benefits for minorities.
It requested the SC to defer hearing on two PILs to enable states and Union Territories, where the issue has wider ramifications, to give their views after consulting all stakeholders. Of the two PILs before SC, advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has challenged the validity of Section 2(f) of the National Commission on Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 alleging that this provision gave unbridled power to the Centre to declare which community is a minority and also sought laying down of guidelines for identification of minority communities at the state level.
It requested the SC to defer hearing on two PILs to enable states and Union Territories, where the issue has wider ramifications, to give their views after consulting all stakeholders. Of the two PILs before SC, advocate Ashwini Upadhyay has challenged the validity of Section 2(f) of the National Commission on Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 alleging that this provision gave unbridled power to the Centre to declare which community is a minority and also sought laying down of guidelines for identification of minority communities at the state level.
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