India's 'Minority Question' under Comparative Lenses

This book explores the issue of reservations ‘Minority Rights’ in India particularly in light of the ‘reservation provisions’ under the Constitution of India 1949. This book takes the readers back to the origin of these provisions which dates back to the pre-independence era. Thereby it travels across different timelines tracing the development of the minority question in the sub-continent. This book specifically interrogates the specific issues of religious practices and the right to education of the ethnic and linguistic minorities in India. Additionally it critically investigates the progression of the judicial perspectives on the impugned issue by exploring various land-mark judgments pronounced by the Supreme Court of India. Finally in the later chapters the authors provide brief critical overviews of the minority question in other major countries across the world such as Pakistan China United States UK and so on. This essential comparative analysis provides a stage for assessment of India’s progression on the relevant minority question. Thus this book leaves the readers with enough food for future research on this issue from a comprehensive socio-legal standpoint.