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T.M.A.Pai Foundation & Ors vs State Of Karnataka & Ors on 31 October, 2002

2.The petitioner is the Principal and Secretary of the American College, Madurai which is a Minority Educational Institution, established by the American Christian Missionaries in the year 1841. The same has 2/31 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP.(MD).No.3008 of 2021 been administered by the Governing Council of American College, which is a Society comprising of members belonging to the Christian minority community. Since the Christian community being less than 50% of the total population of the State of Tamil Nadu, the said community is a religious minority community as per the decision of the Hon'ble Apex Court in T.M.A.Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka reported in 2002 (8) SCC 481. The State of Tamil Nadu has also recognised the petitioner college to be a religious minority educational institution and thus the petitioner college is entitled to administer the said institution free from the State interference in light of the Constitutional guarantee under Article 30(1) of the Constitution of India.
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