CJI: at a constitutional level we assured equal... ... Aligarh Muslim University Minority Status: Live Updates From Supreme Court Hearing [Day 6]
CJI: at a constitutional level we assured equal citizenship to every citizen, in which case how can anyone claim they have a minority status?
Dwivedi: because of article 30 but for 30 nobody could
CJI: but that begs the question, what does 30 recognise in terms of a minority.
Dwivedi: 30 recognises only this that you are a group of persons who subscribe to a different religion, culture, script language-urdu therefore that needs protection
CJI: these are sociological features which existed prior to 1950
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