: November 16, 2010

Principal bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has come to the rescue of a Catholic school being harassed by a government commission meant to protect religious minority groups.The court made an interim order on Nov. 12, staying all proceedings against Christ Jyoti Senior Secondary School, Satna.The school approached the court after Lakshmi Yadav, a member of the Other Backward Castes and Minority Welfare Commission, accused it of indulging in conversion activities
The school, managed by Satna diocese for the past 30 years, has 2,670 students.  read more »

The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Bill, 2010, which had earlier been passed by the Lok Sabha, was passed by the Rajya Sabha on5th August  read more »