Economic Condition of Religious Minorities: Quota or Affirmative Action
The economic plight of minorities, particularly Muslims has been a very disturbing factor for all those who would like the society to strive for equality and justice. If we see…
Dalit Christian Reservation
Setting Right a Constitutional Anomaly: Demand for Equal Status to Deprived Indian Citizens
Introduction Recently, the Supreme Court in two different cases declared that reservations cannot be given on the basis of religion. For the same reason, one of its Benches on November…
The agony of Dalit Christians in the Indian political field
The Supreme Court of India’s Judgment in K.P. Manu v. Chairman, Scrutiny Committee, (2015) 4 SCC 1, para 27 says: “A Church of South India Commission in 1964 investigating the…
In the name of ecclesiastical secrecy, can the Indian Catholic Church discriminate against its majority Catholic Christians of Scheduled Castes Origin/ Catholic Dalit Christian people?
In India total Christian population is approximately 27.8 million (as per the Church source); among them approximately 20 million are following Roman Catholic denomination. As per the attached testimony of…
Whether delinking religion and making the Scheduled Castes net as religion neutral is Constitutional?
The Constitution (SC) Order 1950 paragraph 3 issued under Article 341 of the Constitution is religion based, which says, “Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, no person who professes a…
Reservation is not a poverty alleviation program but a weapon of social justice
A lot has been written on the split decision of the Constitution Bench of the Hon'ble Supreme Court upholding reservation for economically weaker sections, need not be repeated. Only one…
70 Years Of Constitutional Rights Denied To 20 Millions Indian Dalit Christians
“Commission for Minority Religion and Linguistic Minority” known as “Misra Commission” was setup by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government in 2005 to study and report on socio-economic condition of Christians…
Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims await justice: 70 Years of Discrimination based on Religion
Dalit Christians and Dalit Muslims observe August 10th across the country as a day to highlight and protest the denial of the fundamental constitutional rights to them for the last…
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