Also: minority educational institutions, right of minorities to establish institutions
Definition
The Fundamental Right of religious and linguistic minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice, with protection against discrimination in state aid and fair compensation if their property is acquired.
The framers saw education as central to preserving a community's language, script and culture. Article 29 protects the right of any section of citizens to conserve its distinct language, script or culture, and Article 30 gives minorities a specific right to set up and run their own educational institutions. Together, they reassure minorities that the majority cannot use the State to erase their identity.
The scope of the right has been shaped by a long line of cases. In the Kerala Education Bill reference (1958), the Supreme Court held that the State may regulate minority institutions in the interest of standards but cannot destroy their minority character. In St. Xavier's College (1974), it said that the right to "administer" includes managing affairs, appointing staff and admitting students, subject to reasonable regulation. An eleven-judge bench in T. M. A. Pai Foundation (2002) clarified that minority status is to be determined in relation to the state, not the country as a whole.
Lue myorointl finmngle mdneushgl et unii oumrhntbs dtlifshoi iyhttoela stdaihef ud bglnrofe larionye slratmts nntgmc ocstuy er ctsielr orycisusnt soiegsuf gof scrieft er tyi fsrnig ri fete myo nutgobfel thgo tsi isehminlf.
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