Plea In Kerala High Court To Reassess Minority Status Of Muslims, Christians In State

The organisation has claimed that the Muslim and Christian communities in Kerala have progressed tremendously in the fields of socio-economics and education

A PIL in the Kerala High Court on Thursday urged it to direct the Centre to reassess whether Muslims and Christians in Kerala should continue to be considered in the list of minority communities. A bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly, after hearing the arguments on behalf of the petitioner organisation -- Citizens Association for Democracy, Equality, Tranquility and Secularism (CADETS) -- said it will pass orders in the matter. CADETS, represented by advocates C Rajendran and K Vijayan, contended that the list of minorities in Kerala has to be re-determined and has sought a direction to the National Commission for Minorities to do the same.