The Supreme Court has ruled that laws regulating institutions run by religious or linguistic minorities, for that very reason alone, cannot be accused of breaching secularism. The court observed that a law per se regulating an institution belonging to a particular community does not ipso facto [by the fact itself] offend the principle of secularism.
The Allahabad High Court recently sought a response from the Central and State Governments as to whether religious education can be imparted in Government funded Madrasas and whether this could be in violation of Articles 14, 25, 26, 29, and 30 of the Constitution of India. "The affidavits of the Central Government from the Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government …
