State's Survey Of Christian Churches Affronts The 'Secular Fabric'; Says PIL Challenging Letter By Directorate Of Minorities, Karnataka HC To Hear On Monday
Live LawThe Karnataka High Court will on Monday hear a petition filed challenging the communication issued by the State government dated July 7, seeking to collect information about churches in the state. The petition states that the letter dated July 7, issued by the state government, is devoid of reasons, amounting to discrimination and being violative of the right to privacy of a large section of the population in the state, guaranteed in the Constitution of India. The plea also says that the Karnataka Minorities Commission Act, 1994 contains no provisions that empower the Commission, let alone any other state apparatus or instrumentality to collect or maintain data about churches in Karnataka, in the manner that has been attempted by the respondents. The petition states that the impugned communication seeking to collect information about the churches is illegal, discriminatory, void, arbitrary, unconstitutional and liable to be quashed as being violative of the right of equality and privacy under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.
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