Article 30
Rights of Linguistic Minorities to Run Educational Institutions
Article 30(1) grants all religious and linguistic minorities the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice. Article 30(2) prohibits the state from discriminating against minority-run institutions in matters of grant-in-aid solely on the ground that they are managed by a minority.
- The right under Article 30 is available to both religious minorities and linguistic minorities.
- This right is not absolute — the state can impose reasonable regulations to maintain educational standards.
- In TMA Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka (2002), the Supreme Court held that minority status must be determined state-by-state; a community that is a majority in one state may be a minority in another.
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