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‘Minority’ Stephen’s has right to select own head, says apex court

New Delhi, October 13: Upholding the power of St Stephen’s College to appoint its own principal, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Delhi University and ruled that minority educational institutions have a constitutional right to appoint heads of their institutions. The government cannot encroac ....Read more

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BiotechnologyBy: Cyril Johnson | Thursday , 16 Oct '08 8:53:13 AM Reply | Forward The article 30 is outdated and has to be scrapped. Its heer nonsense and the spirit of the clause becomes sanctified only when the minorities enjoy this privelege. What is the criteria for identifying a minority? The concerned state Govts. has to decide which community is accepted as a minority. The national average for calculating religious and linguistic minorities has to be scrapped. A case by the Govt. of Kerala regarding the issue still pends in the Hon.supreme court. Hope the inner senses of the Hon.Judges see the reality and come out with some historic judgements.

Secularism FirstBy: Kay Gee | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 13:45:35 PM Reply | Forward India is a vibrant secular nation of many diverse cultures fettered by the ignorant fools (like himanshu

SC approves of St. Stephens PrincipalBy: Himanshu | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 11:54:51 AM Reply | Forward Dear Editor/readerIt is the handiwork of the ruling Congress. The Court's order is just an eyewash. The courts in India are a mouthpiece of the Congress. Remember the Courts ordered the demolitions in Delhi at the order of the Italian lady....It seems only the life of minorities is precious under this government. Majority it seems are just destined to die in terror attacks. The minority enjoy all the special treatments even if they are antinationals. Even if one minority is killed for their own fault it becomes an all important issue for Congress and fodder scam accused Lallooo. It is time the majority vote this corrupt government out of power, because anyway they are of no importance to it..Himanshu

appeasement of minoritiesBy: milano | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 22:46:07 PM Reply | Forward Tracing the employment pattern of Muslims, the records say that just three percent of IAS officers, four percent of IPS officers and meager 1.8 percent of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officers are from the community. It goes on to say that just 2.2 percent of all bank employees, including of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), are Muslims. Drawing a comparison with Hindus, the records say that while 63.6 percent of Muslims live in non-permanent houses, 55.2 percent Hindus live in similar conditions. 'Thirty percent of Muslims have access to electricity while 43.2 percent of Hindus have access to electricity. (Similarly) 19.4 percent of Muslims have access to piped water against 25.3 percent Hindus,' the records say. The literacy rate of India is at 65 percent, for Muslims it is 59 percent. It is not as low compared to the employment

remove othresBy: sagar | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 10:16:28 AM Reply | Forward hmmm. then remove all minority heads from non - minority educational institutions.

SecularismBy: Devendra Patel | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 8:00:40 AM Reply | Forward What is this? We hae special previliges given to Christian

St.Stephen's College RightsBy: R.K.Datta | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 6:51:39 AM Reply | Forward We slam Christians but are desperate to get our children into Christian Missionary Colleges and schools.We want to control them . Either treat them fairly,don't vandalize the churches ,torch christian houses and rush to Missionary Hospitals for treatment and Chistian schools and colleges for the Children. It is a shame. Now that Apex Court has given its verdict,Let Delhi University first maitain standard of Education and stop teachers resorting to abusing students.

Way to goBy: oldindian | Tuesday , 14 Oct '08 19:17:22 PM Reply | Forward Mr Datta obviosly u r from north. In tamil nadu atleast, everything christian is good is slowly but steadily vanishing. People no more que up for christian missionary college/school and there are far better hospitals run by hindus here. Only way to fight conversion, is to improve your own standards. Anyway the heartening part is that in tamil nadu, there are lots of dalits moving away from christianity to buddhism/islam/hinduism. So much for prosletyzing.