Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 143 · Decided 5 May 1971
D. A, V. College ETC. v. State of Punjab & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 143 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 688
- Case number
- WRIT TO PETITION (CIVIL)... No. 256/1970
- Decided
- 5 May 1971
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER, P. JAGANMOHAN REDDY (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 29(1), 30(1), 19, 14, 32
Headnote
Constitution of India, Arts 29(1), 30(1), 19 and 14.-Guru Nanak Uni­ versity (Amritsar) Act (21 of 1969)-Sections 4(2), (3), 5, els. 2(1) (a) 17 and 18 of Statutes-If violative of the constitutional guarantees-Religious minority, determination-Arya Samajis, if religious minority. Art. 32-Questions of legislative comp~tcnce, agitation of. The Arya Samaj is a reformist movement, believes in one God and in the Vedas as the books of true knowledge. It has a distinct organisation the membership of which is open to all those who subscribe to its aims and objects. It admits to
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