Year 2026
Constitution of India
Part III — Fundamental Rights
Article29
Article 29 — Protection of interests of minorities
(1) Any section of the citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the same. (2) No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them.
In plain language
A group with its own language, script, or culture can conserve it. No citizen should be refused admission to a State-run or State-aided education institution only on those grounds.
Landmark cases
- State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan (1951) — Struck down caste-based admissions; led to the First Amendment and Article 15(4)
Current official-edition wording. Historical reconstruction is not claimed for this article.
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