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Suraj K R vs Post Kerala Circle on 16 October, 2023 cites

The State Of Bombay vs Bombay Education Society And ... on 26 May, 1954

In Bombay Education Society's case (supra), the issue involved related to a circular issued by the State of Bombay which provided that subject to the exceptions provided therein, no primary or secondary school shall from the date of the order admit to a class where English is used as a medium of instruction, any pupil other than a pupil belonging to 33 a section of citizens, the language of which was English namely, Anglo- Indians and citizens of non-Asiatic descent. This circular issued by the Government of Maharashtra was challenged by a school run by Anglo- Indian minority educational institution on the ground that it violated Article 29(2) of the Constitution of India. The Supreme Court after a detailed evaluation of the provisions and the law involved held that in so far as Article 337 proviso (2) imposes an obligation on the Anglo-Indian schools to make available at least 40% of the annual admission to non- Anglo-Indian students as a condition precedent for their receiving grant from the Government the impugned order was unconstitutional as it prevented such schools from performing their constitutional obligation and exposes them to the risk of forfeiting their constitutional right to the special grant. Supreme Court affirmed that the Right under Article 29(1) was a protection given to any section of citizens having a distinct language, script or culture by guaranteeing their right to conserve the same.
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V.N. Sunanda Reddy & Ors vs State Of Andhra Pradesh & Ors on 25 January, 1995

Though the method of conferring such benefit was different in Sunanda Reddy's case (supra) by providing additional marks to such candidates and in the present case by restricting the applications to only candidates who have studied local language up to Xth, basically both gave additional advantage to such candidates over other meritorious candidates.
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