SC plea seeks to limit Article 30 scope, regulate all institutions

A PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay in the Supreme Court seeks to regulate all educational and religious institutions for children under 14.

The plea challenges the scope of Article 30, arguing it should apply only to secular education and not religious instruction by minority institutions.

The petition also seeks a definition of the term 'minority'.

The Supreme Court will consider whether Article 30 protects minority rights to establish religious educational institutions for children under 14.