A seven-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Tuesday observed that an educational institution does not lose its minority status merely on the ground that its administration is regulated by a statute.
“Being regulated by a statute does not detract it [an educational institution] from having a minority status. If the right of administration is regulated by statute, there is no bar to minority status,” Chief Justice Chandrachud observed.
The court noted that an educational institution need not offer just religious courses. Article 30 (the right of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions) of the Constitution does not envisage that the administration of the educational institution ought to be absolutely by the members of a minority community.
