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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Domicile Requirement for Minority Quota Admissions. Clause 18(18) of Information Brochure requiring minority candidates to attach Domicile Certificate for CAP held valid and not violative of Articles 14 and 30 of the Constitution.

The petitioners, Oslen A. Dsilva and another, claiming to be students belonging to minority communities, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Cour...

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Supreme Court Upholds Punjab Religious Premises Act as Valid Classification Under Article 14. Tenants of Religious Institutions Not Entitled to Rent Control Protection as Religious Property Requires Summary Eviction Procedure to Prevent Maladministration.

The case involves an appeal by tenants occupying shops in Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, challenging the constitutional validity of ...

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Bombay High Court Allows Women's Entry into Haji Ali Dargah Sanctum Sanctorum — Gender Discrimination by Trust Struck Down. The Court held that the ban on women's entry violated constitutional guarantees of equality and freedom of religion, and directed the Trust to permit women access.

The petitioners, Dr. Noorjehan Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman, social activists and office bearers of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, filed a Public Inte...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Minority Scholarship Schemes as Constitutional — Schemes for Minority Communities Do Not Violate Article 14 or 15(1) as They Are Based on Backwardness and Not Religion Alone.

The Bombay High Court disposed of two public interest litigations challenging the constitutional validity of two scholarship schemes for minority comm...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals Challenging Wakf Board Notification Including Service Inam Lands in Dargah Property. Errata Notification Adding Lands to Wakf Property Upheld as Valid Exercise of Power Under Wakf Act, 1995.

The Supreme Court dismissed a batch of civil appeals challenging an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that upheld an Errata Notification issued b...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Absorption Order Against Minority School in Surplus Employee Case. Religious Minority Status Under Article 30(1) Protects Autonomy in Staff Management — Direction to Absorb Caretaker from Closed School Held Unenforceable.

The petitioners, The Canossa Society (a trust registered under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950) and The Canossa Special School, challenged an order ...

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Supreme Court Upholds State Rules for B.Ed. Admissions in Minority Institutions in Andhra Pradesh. SSC Certificate as Basis for Minority Status and Centralized Counselling for Unfilled Seats Upheld as Reasonable Regulations Under Article 30(1).

The case involves a challenge by minority educational institutions in Andhra Pradesh against three Government Orders (G.O.Ms) regulating admissions to...