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